Martin J Walsh

High-powered lobbyists for proposed casinos in East Boston and Everett have pumped cash into the war chests of several mayoral candidates, prompting one city councilor to call for a ban on gaming special interest money in the heated race. "It shouldn'...

As the field of candidates seeking to succeed Mayor Thomas M. Menino starts to become clearer, hopefuls are laying out their positions on one of the biggest issues in the race: the proposed Suffolk Downs casino. Many support an East Boston-only vote...

Union influence is largely being withheld for now and could be diminished in the Boston mayor's race with a crowded field of nearly two dozen candidates -- a number that today's deadline for taking out nomination papers will put a lid on. "I suspect it'...