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Mayor Marty Walsh Signs Ordinance Banning Replica Handguns
Mayor Marty Walsh signed an ordinance Monday morning banning replica handguns in all public spaces, effective immediately. Walsh was joined by Boston Police Commissioner Bill […]
City of Boston Employee Wins $10.9 Million in Treasury Department Discrimination Suit
A Boston jury awarded a City Hall employee a $10.9 million verdict Friday in a discrimination and retaliation suit in Suffolk County Superior Court. Chantal […]
One Year Later, Long Island’s Homeless Demand Dignity at City Hall
One year ago, around 5 p.m., the nightmare began for Brenda Jarvis. Back then, she was working at a laboratory during the day and retiring […]
Hey Mayor Walsh: Put a Few of These in City Hall Plaza
Mayor Marty Walsh has spent his first two years in office tinkering with City Hall Plaza, a polarizing monument to brutalism that runneth over with […]
Mayor Walsh Wants to Fix City Hall Plaza
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is seeking proposals to further revamp the Soviet style brickscape known as City Hall Plaza. The sad, windswept plaza, with its […]
Boston City Hall Emails Found in Ashley Madison Leak
Having an affair is risky, using an email account that is subject to public records laws to engage in that affair is even riskier. A […]
State Finds Problems with City Hall’s Handling of Boston 2024 Records
In June, Boston magazine asked, “Does Boston City Hall Have a Public Records Problem?” Last week, the state appears to have offered an answer: “Yup.” […]
City Councilor Tito Jackson Files for Subpoena to Obtain Boston 2024 Chapters
Update: Monday, 2:13 p.m. — The City Council will vote on Jackson’s subpoena order at Wednesday’s meeting. If successful, the subpoena would order Boston 2024 CEO Rich […]
Get Your #USWNT Kicks at City Hall Plaza’s World Cup Party
What’s more fun than watching the World Cup with a big crowd? Watching the World Cup outside at night with a big crowd. Rarely do […]
Mayor Walsh Wants Your Ideas to ‘Re-Event’ City Hall Plaza
Five short years ago, there was no Boston Calling bringing music’s brightest talent to the front door of the city’s central command. Underground, trains still […]
Does City Hall Have a Public Records Problem?
Without a handful of public records requests filed and granted recently, the citizens of Boston would know a lot less about the bid to bring the […]
Meet Boston’s New Chief Digital Officer
It’s fairly easy to see that Mayor Marty Walsh is making digital assets a top priority during his time in office, something that’s evidenced by […]
Giant Pigeons Are Taking Over City Hall Plaza
A group of muralists working out of Mayor Marty Walsh’s office is putting the “art” in “flying rat.” The painters, who are a part of […]
City Council Bans Parking Apps Like Haystack
The Boston City Council officially put the brakes on parking space saving apps like Baltimore-based Haystack on Wednesday. During a hearing at City Hall, officials […]
City Councilor Wants to Discuss Possible Airbnb Regulations
City Councilor Sal LaMattina wants to take a hard look at how services like Airbnb, which lets users rent out private residences to tourists and […]