Marty Walsh

With Halloween approaching, Boston residents can get in the spirit with a series of free drive-in, Halloween-themed movies in the parking lot of the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The series will include double-feature showings as well as a special matinee showing. The series, free to attend for Boston residents, will kick off Oct. 22 with the films “Halloweentown” and…

In a COVID-19 update, Mayor Marty Walsh announces that Boston will begin issuing fines for large gatherings and house parties.

A judge on Wednesday denied the Boston Teachers Union’s request for an order that would allow teachers at Boston Public Schools to work from home if they want to amid high levels of coronavirus transmission. After a hearing held over Zoom, Suffolk Superior Court Judge Robert Gordon found that it was in the public’s interest to get teachers and...

A judge blocked a request from the Boston Teachers Union that would have allowed educators to stay home amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A judge blocked the Boston Teachers Union’s request to intervene as they sought to keep teachers working remotely amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Although a decision has yet to be made, a judge on Wednesday heard arguments by the Boston Teacher’s Union’s saying schools aren’t safe for in-person learning.

The Boston Teacher’s Union’s lawsuit against the city and superintendent will go before a judge virtually Wednesday as they argue that schools aren’t safe for in-person learning.

Boston’s mayor and police commissioner on Tuesday committed to a set of police reforms, including a new, independent oversight office and expanded use of bodycams, proposed by a task force appointed in the wake of the death of George Floyd this spring. The Boston Police Reform Task Force, joined by Mayor Marty Walsh, shared its final recommendations on how...

Changes in the Boston Police Department are expected to be implemented in the next 120 days.

The Boston Police Reform Task Force announced its final recommendations for the city’s police department, which the mayor and police commissioner accepted.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh reiterated that the city is due for systemic changes to public safety.

Boston is delaying plans to reopen the city’s schools after the city’s coronavirus positivity rate climbed higher than 4%, Mayor Marty Walsh announced Wednesday. “We all know these are trying times for everyone,” the mayor said. “There are no easy choices. But we have to follow the public health guidance.” Remote learning began on Sept. 21 and families were allowed…

Mayor Marty Walsh has paused the reopening plan for Boston schools after the positive test rate for COVID-19 spiked.

Boston Mayor Walsh addresses the incident of a jogger stopped by ICE Agents in West Roxbury on Tuesday.

As Boston’s COVID-19 positivity rate increases to 4.1 percent, Mayor Walsh pauses school reopening plan.

Boston’s Christopher Columbus statue that was taken down after its head was knocked off in June won’t be returned to its original location in a waterfront park in the city’s largely Italian North End neighborhood, the city has announced. The repaired statue will instead be placed at the North End chapter of the Knights of Columbus where it will...

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on Friday said his administration would move to protect renters ahead of the end of Massachusetts’ moratorium on evictions later this month, saying a surge of evictions could dramatically worsen the pandemic in the city. The moratorium, put in place earlier this year to assist renters hit hard by the pandemic, is set to expire on…

Sunday’s Patriots-Chiefs game should be fun to watch. Just don’t do so in large groups, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh urged Wednesday.

After a summer where outdoor dining saved many Boston restaurants, the city is offering help for those that want to extend the outdoor dining season even while the weather gets cold. Boston’s Reopen Boston Fund is offering up to $3,000 grants to help restaurants cover equipment that will help them stay open in the fall and winter, the city said…

Boston moved into the highest-risk, or red, category on the state’s coronavirus risk map for the first time Wednesday, a move that Mayor Marty Walsh said earlier in the day was expected. The city had 8.5 cases per 100,000 residents on Massachusetts’ COVID-19 risk map. Because of the change in categorization, the city will not enter the second step of…