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Despite Pandemic, Baker's Cabinet Agencies Boosted Spending With Minority Businesses
Executive branch agencies spent more than 6% of their 2020 budgets with minority-owned firms for the first time since 2015 — but still short of governor's 8% goal. -
'They Want To Push Us Out': Mattapan Renters Fear Eviction As New Rail Stops Drive Rent Increases
Long-time residents say they are being priced out of the neighborhood because of commuter rail stations they fought to build. -
In The Age of Black Lives Matter, New England Faces Its Own Role In Slavery
New marker to the enslaved and Rhode Island name change raise hopes for those seeking to rename Faneuil Hall -
Pandemic Pushes Debate Over Driver’s Licenses
With immigrant communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, the debate about whether to allow unauthorized immigrants in the state to get driver’s licenses is heating up. -
Baker Launches Plan To Expand State Contract Opportunities For Minority-Owned Businesses
The proposals respond directly to concerns raised in a GBH News investigative series showing minority contracts have decreased. -
Boston's Diversity Hiring Mandate For Construction Projects Is All Bark, No Bite
The Boston Employment Commission is demanding penalties that the city says it can't dole out. -
For Years, The Steamship Authority Has Hired No Black-Owned Businesses. Locals Are Pushing For Change
A diverse crowd rides the Steamship Authority ferries, but there is barely any diversity in the Authority's contracting. -
Baker Administration Inflates Its Claim Of Spending With Minority Businesses
Four years ago, the state began taking credit for a wide array of spending unrelated to government contracts. -
COVID Made Nursing Home Caregiving A Deadly Occupation; Immigrants And Minorities Bear The Brunt
Advocates are pressing for better pay and benefits to protect these mostly minority workers, who cannot maintain distance from the seniors they care for. -
'Electronic Shackles': Use Of GPS Monitors Skyrockets In Massachusetts Justice System
Ankle bracelets allow the state to track parolees and pre-trial defendants. Critics say they do more harm than good.
