Walsh Spends Most of Year in Boston or on Road, Not in D.C. (1)

Labor Secretary Marty Walsh spent more than half of the first year of the Biden administration working from Boston, according to a review of the secretary’s schedules from March to December 2021.

The former Boston mayor was in Boston 162 days out of his first 284 days in office, and spent 68 days in Washington, his public calendars show. The Labor Department’s press office released the records for November and December to Bloomberg Law.

Walsh’s absence from inside the Frances Perkins Building has prompted criticism from Republicans, who may be able to use their oversight power to probe the secretary’s ...