For a decade, Massachusetts missed its spending goal for veteran-owned businesses
Since 2015, state agencies have spent a total of $324 million with veteran-owned businesses. That is $1.3 billion less than what the state said it would spend.
Wu: Mass and Cass is ‘One step forward, two steps back, three steps forward’
The mayor acknowledged increased drug activity in the South End and other neighborhoods, but said the situation is improving overall.
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Work credential hurdles keep high-skilled immigrants from jobs, report says
Highly educated and professionally trained immigrants are often blocked from resuming their careers in Massachusetts due to complex credentialing requirements, immigration hurdles and systemic inequities, according to a new study. -
Mass General Brigham primary care physicians continue push to unionize despite hurdles
Mass General Brigham has requested National Labor Relations Board review the vote. -
Boston mayor demands information from ICE on immigrant detentions
Wu says people aren't 'buying the line that these secret police tactics are making communities safer.' -
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Hundreds in Boston protest ICE raids in Los Angeles and arrest of union leader
The rally was co-sponsored by the local SEIU union in support of union president David Huerta, who was arrested in Los Angeles.
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