STATE HOUSE — With five major bills potentially on tap to come before the Legislature this weekend, House Speaker Robert DeLeo said lawmakers should have sufficient time to review the final bills before they are asked to vote on them.
Five bills that Beacon Hill leaders have tapped as priorities before formal sessions end for the year on Sunday remain before six-member conference committees that are privately reconciling the House and Senate versions.
PHILADELPHIA — Boston Mayor Marty Walsh's big speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia began like so many introductions in church basements.
"My name is Marty Walsh, and I'm an alcoholic," said the mayor, who has been in recovery for 21 years.
