Marty Walsh

Federal unemployment programs in place since March 2020 are ending. Recipients unable to find work are worried about the ability to pay bills.

Labor and Treasury Department officials said Thursday that states can use leftover pandemic funds to continue paying income support to the jobless past Sept. 6.

With Boston’s preliminary mayoral election just a month off, voters are on the verge of making a historic decision by narrowing the field of five major candidates — all of whom are people of color. Since it first started electing mayors nearly 200 years ago, Boston has only tapped white men to lead the city — a streak certain to…

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is suing the Boston Police Department for their failure to provide the internal affairs records of former Commissioner Dennis White. The rare legal action comes after the NBC10 Investigators submitted a public records request for the files back in March, shortly after White was placed on leave amid previous domestic violence allegations. White was later…

Maura Healey is suing the Boston Police Department for its failure to provide the internal affairs records of former Commissioner Dennis White.

U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh returned to Boston Monday to promote the national “Paid Leave for All” campaign.

Labor Secretary Marty Walsh returned to Boston Monday to promote paid family and medical leave in his first public appearance in the city since joining the Biden administration. “It’s obviously bittersweet,” Walsh said of being back. “For the last four months, we’ve been traveling the country. I’ve been to 20 different states.” Walsh gave remarks in front of the...

U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh was grilled by a member of Congress on his decision to promote note fired police commissioner Dennis White while serving as mayor of Boston.

The Labor Department determined it doesn’t have the legal authority to stop states from ending unemployment benefits through federal programs, an official said.

Marty Walsh could not have expected the controversy he would create as he swore in Dennis White on Feb. 1 as the new Boston Police Commissioner. “If I’m Mayor Walsh, I would want to just redo everything over that last month before he left office,” Boston University Professor Tom Whalen said. Whalen sums it up this way, “What did Marty…

Former Mayor Marty Walsh could not have expected the controversy he would create as he swore in the new Boston Police Commissioner

A long-delayed disclosure by the city of Boston could lend credibility to former Mayor Marty Walsh’s claim he was unaware of decades-old domestic violence allegations against the city’s embattled police commissioner before naming him to the job.

A judge on Wednesday blocked the firing of Boston Police Commissioner Dennis White, who’s been on leave over accusations of domestic violence and whom Mayor Kim Janey has said she intends to move on from. The Superior Court judge, Heidi Brieger, signed off on a request from White’s attorney to block Boston from terminating White’s employment until his appeal...

A judge has denied Boston Police Commissioner Dennis White’s request for an injunction that would block Mayor Kim Janey from firing him.

A judge ruled Tuesday against Boston’s embattled police commissioner in his bid to block the city from firing him over decades-old domestic violence accusations. The judge denied Commissioner Dennis White’s request for a preliminary injunction, clearing the way for Mayor Kim Janey to move forward in removing him from the top job. White was placed on leave in February,...

In the legal battle between the city of Boston and Police Commissioner Dennis White, a judge is weighing whether Mayor Kim Janey has the power to remove White over domestic violence accusations.

No ruling has yet been made in the legal battle between suspended Police Commissioner Denis White and the city of Boston. The hearing comes as former commissioner William Gross alleges former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh knew about domestic violence allegations against White.

A Boston judge on Thursday said she would consider an injunction request from embattled Boston Police Commissioner Dennis White, who is seeking to pause Mayor Kim Janey’s efforts to fire him. During a hearing on White’s request for a preliminary injunction, attorney Nick Carter argued his client can’t be fired because former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh knew about domestic...

A hearing is set today in the legal battle between suspended Police Commissioner Denis White and the city of Boston. It comes as former commissioner William Gross alleges former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh knew about domestic violence allegations against White.

A former Boston police commissioner said in a legal document that former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh knew about domestic violence allegations against current Police Commissioner Denis White, who’s been placed on leave amid an investigation. William Gross, the former Boston police commissioner, said in the affidavit that Walsh would have known about the allegations because he reviewed White’s nomination...