By CJ Doyle | January 8, 2021 | 1:08pm EST
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh speaks at the 2015 Boston 45th Annual Pride Festival at Boston City Hall Plaza on June 13, 2015 in Boston, Mass. (Photo credit: Paul Marotta/Getty Images)
On Thursday, Joe Biden announced that Boston Mayor Marty Walsh will be his nominee for United States secretary of labor. His appointment to the Cabinet is expected to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
Walsh s Background -First elected as the city s chief executive in November 2013 and re-elected in 2017, Walsh has served as Mayor of Boston since his first inauguration on Jan. 6, 2014.
Prior to his tenure as mayor, Walsh, 53, served from April 1997 to January 2014 as a representative in the Massachusetts General Court (the State Legislature), elected from the 13th Suffolk District.
By CJ Doyle | January 8, 2021 | 1:08pm EST
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh speaks at the 2015 Boston 45th Annual Pride Festival at Boston City Hall Plaza on June 13, 2015 in Boston, Mass. (Photo credit: Paul Marotta/Getty Images)
On Thursday, Joe Biden announced that Boston Mayor Marty Walsh will be his nominee for United States secretary of labor. His appointment to the Cabinet is expected to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
Walsh s Background -First elected as the city s chief executive in November 2013 and re-elected in 2017, Walsh has served as Mayor of Boston since his first inauguration on Jan. 6, 2014.
Prior to his tenure as mayor, Walsh, 53, served from April 1997 to January 2014 as a representative in the Massachusetts General Court (the State Legislature), elected from the 13th Suffolk District.
In a socially-distanced inaugural ceremony, Governor Charles D. Baker officially administered the oath of office to the 192
nd Massachusetts General Court on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Among the legislators being sworn-in was the newly-elected State Representative for the Sixteenth Suffolk District, Jessica A. Giannino. Representative Giannino, whose district includes parts of the Cities of Revere and Chelsea and the Town of Saugus, was assigned “Seat 22” in the House Chamber, a seat that has a lot of meaning to the district and served as the very seat of Rep. Giannino’s immediate three predecessors.
“I am so very humbled and grateful to have this opportunity to serve you – the people of Revere, Chelsea, and Saugus. A sincere thank you to the voters of the Sixteenth Suffolk District who have chosen to send me to Beacon Hill to be your voice in the Massachusetts House of Representatives,” said Representative Giannino (D-Revere). “Now, the work truly begins!
EPA sued by CLF for refusing to investigate discrimination claims Last week the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), Chelsea’s GreenRoots and Lawyers for Civil Rights filed a federal lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The group argues that the EPA…
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As companion bills aimed at allowing abortion up until the moment of birth continue to be stalled, Massachusetts lawmakers are now working to insert an amendment into the state budget that would accomplish the same goal.
State Representative Claire Cronin, the co-chair of the Joint Committee on the Judiciary, filed Amendment 759, which would be added to the annual budget bill. The leadership of both houses of the Massachusetts General Court have spoken out in favor of the amendment, which is similar to the ROE Act that failed.