January 8, 2021
President-elect Joe Biden announced Thursday that he has named Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to be labor secretary. If confirmed by the Senate, Walsh would take control of a Labor Department that Biden has pledged to reorient toward workers, with a …
June 30, 2020
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has created a new task force aimed at cracking down on illegal fireworks amid an explosion of complaints. Walsh said the task force will include the mayor’s chief of civic engagement, the four at-large city councilors, …
November 17, 2016
Boston officials will be getting some firsthand advice on how to deal with issues surrounding the legalization of recreational marijuana. Two public health officials from Denver will participate remotely in a meeting of the city’s board of health on Wednesday. …