IT WAS ONLY A FEW WEEKS AGO that Mayor Marty Walsh seemed to be the man for the moment. Holding regular briefings outside Boston City Hall on all things coronavirus, he showed steady leadership and heartfelt compassion in equal measure, just what people want to see in a big-city mayor. The pandemic seemed to have reshaped […]
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Walsh goes from shoo-in to hot seat
It was only a few weeks ago that Mayor Marty Walsh seemed to be the man for the moment. Holding regular briefings outside Boston City Hall on all things coronavirus, he showed steady leadership and heartfelt compassion in equal measure, just what people want to see in a big-city mayor. The pandemic seemed to have […]
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Walsh, Boston leaders praise protesters, condemn agitators
MAYOR MARTY WALSH and fellow Boston leaders voiced support for the thousands of protesters who took to the streets to demonstrate against the police killing of George Floyd, while condemning the small minority they said turned to violence and looting late last night. A day of peaceful protest over the death of Floyd, a black […]
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Walsh says governing has become about ‘life and death’
MARTY WALSH IS THE FIRST to admit that dealing with a global pandemic was never among the challenges he imagined facing as Boston mayor. “The last thought in my mind — it wasn’t even a thought in my mind — was that we were going to be dealing with a worldwide pandemic,” he says on this […]
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Walsh says governing has become about ‘life and death’
Marty Walsh is the first to admit that dealing with a global pandemic was never among the challenges he imagined facing as Boston mayor. “The last thought in my mind — it wasn’t even a thought in my mind — was that we were going to be dealing with a worldwide pandemic,” he says on […]
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Walsh may move slower than Baker on reopening
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WITH THE STATE’S economy beginning to wake up on Tuesday, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said he has no plans right now to lift the city’s curfew and worries that allowing offices to reopen at a quarter of normal capacity next month might be “too much” to start, drawing one of the […]
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Walsh urges face coverings, curfew
WITH AN EXPECTED SURGE in COVID-19 cases approaching, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is encouraging everyone to wear a covering over their mouth and nose when they go outside and to abide by a curfew from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m. Walsh also said he is also shutting down all basketball, tennis, and other courts across […]
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Virus notes: MBTA fare revenue off $35m in March
MBTA OFFICIALS SAID on Wednesday that they expect fare revenue to fall as much as $35 million short of budget targets in March, but the transit authority is also being squeezed financially on a number of other fronts. T ridership has fallen dramatically, and officials said daily fare revenue, which accounts for a third of […]
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State to assert new oversight of Boston schools
STATE AND CITY leaders have agreed to an unusual plan for oversight of the long-struggling Boston public schools, one that keeps the district in local hands but will set firm goals for improvement and give state education commissioner Jeff Riley broad authority to monitor progress on a range of measures — and intervene if the […]
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Walsh looks to get past zoning board scandal
BOSTON MAYOR MARTY WALSH signed an executive order Monday to limit potential conflicts of interest on the city’s Zoning Board of Appeal, an effort to put behind him a scandal that laid bare the problems that critics say have long plagued the panel charged with approving everything from backyard decks to housing development plans. New rules issued […]