COVID Committee Wants to Hear Directly From Baker patch.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from patch.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dan Hunt: His first chairmanship
State Rep. Dan Hunt will lead a new House committee charged with scrutinizing the allocation of federal stimulus funds and census data, an appointment that marks the Dorchester Democrat’s highest-profile legislative role to date.
It’s the first committee chairmanship for Hunt, who was elected in 2014 to replace Mayor Walsh as the representative in the 13th Suffolk district, which includes Neponset, Cedar Grove, Adams Corner, St. Mark’s Area, Clam Point, parts of Fields Corner, and one precinct in Quincy.
The selection, announced last Friday by Speaker Ron Mariano, makes Hunt a key player in how state lawmakers approach the distribution of federal relief dollars, vaccine supply, and, eventually, in the reorganization of political districts based on data from the 2020 US Census.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh pledges to boost economic opportunities for women, people of color if confirmed as Labor secretary
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, in a Senate hearing Thursday on his nomination to serve as U.S. Department of Labor secretary, pledged to expand opportunities for women, people of color and disabled workers if confirmed to serve in the Biden administration.
Walsh noted that the COVID-19 pandemic has placed the spotlight on significant shortfalls in the American economy, particularly gender and racial income gaps that he said “we need to close.”
“We’re dealing with a system of systemic racism that we have to continually address,” Walsh said. “And it’s not just fancy words in policies, it’s doing the work and rolling up our sleeves.”
Marty Walsh takes no questions following labor secretary nomination boston.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from boston.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.