At 21, he joined Boston’s Laborers Local 223 Union, maintaining active involvement for over 20 years. Now, the 53-year-old is being pulled to D.C., where he awaits a likely confirmation as President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Labor.
With the preliminary municipal election coming up at the end of the month, the four candidates for Mayor of Boston — including incumbent Mayor Martin Walsh, District 7 City Councilor Tito Jackson, and...
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Towering timidly over his fellow crowd members, Owen Saki, 17, politely struggled to the edge of the barricade. He smiled, took a quick glance at the girls who had just been in...
After two decades of Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, Mass. Rep. Martin Walsh was elected mayor of Boston over City Councilor John Connolly Tuesday in one of the closest elections in the history of the...
Mass. Rep. Martin Walsh narrowly defeated City Councilor John Connolly to become Boston’s first new mayor in 20 years.
With all precincts reported, Walsh received 51.55 percent of the vote, or 72,514...
In the final stretch of campaigning for mayor of Boston, Mass. Rep. Martin Walsh and City Councilor John Connolly continued their efforts to gain as many undecided and last minute voters as they can...
As Boston nears its first open mayoral election in decades, some Boston University students said they do not feel they have a stake in the election.
College of Arts and Sciences senior, Renée Gaillard...
In the final debate of the mayoral race before the election on Tuesday, City Councilor John Connolly and Mass. Rep. Martin Walsh talked about some of the most important decisions they would make as...
This is the second part in a series of profiles about the candidates facing off in the Nov. 5 election.
City Councilor John Connolly, running to be the next mayor of Boston against Mass. Rep. Martin...
Boston mayoral candidates John Connolly and Marty Walsh have shown support for additional on-campus housing at schools such as Boston University while out on the campaign trail.
More students living in...
BU senior shares her first-hand experiences with Boston’s mayoral campaign
Voices bounced off the white walls of John Connolly’s small campaign headquarters on Oct. 14 as volunteers made last...
Facing off Tuesday in the first of three televised debates, Mass. Rep. Martin Walsh and City Councilor John Connolly, the two candidates running to replace Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, focused on issues...
