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Migrants Flown to Martha’s Vineyard Closer to Getting Victim Visas
Sarah Betancourt April 22, 2024 Migrants ...
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Federal Subsidy Connecting 367,000 Massachusetts Households to Internet is Expiring
By Craig LeMoult April 25, 2024 ...
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Immigrants Want Faster Permission to Work. So Do Mass. Leaders and Businesses
April 17, 2024 By Anthony Brooks ...
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Lawsuit Alleges Incarcerated Young Adults Are Deprived of Special Education Services
By Suevon Lee April 17, 2024 ...
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A Boston Nonprofit is Bringing Community-Owned Solar Power — and Profit — to Low-Income Neighborhoods
By Kana Ruhalter and Arun Rath ...
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Even With Work Permits, Migrants in Shelters Struggle to Find Self-Sustaining Jobs
Sarah Betancourt April 11, 2024 Loudine ...
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Latino Families Are a Fast-Growing Group in Mass. Why Are so Few Able to Buy Homes?
Sam Turken Updated April 12, 2024 ...
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MIT Sloan Looks to Boost Hiring of People with Criminal Backgrounds
By Paul Singer April 05, 2024 ...
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Teaching Disability History in Schools is ‘Long Overdue,’ Advocates Say
By Meghan Smith April 02, 2024 ...
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Eight Mass. Cities and Towns Launch New Joint Program to Combat Homelessness
By Tori Bedford March 06, 2024 ...
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Higher ed board approves new guidelines for students with disabilities
Apr 15, 2025 | 9:52 am ET By Maya Mitchell THE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION unanimously approved new guidelines to help state colleges and universities in Massachusetts run programs for students with disabilities. …
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Berklee group gives musicians with disabilities space to grow
April 11, 2025 Amanda Beland Julia LaGrand was in high school when an orchestra played in her hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Among the musicians was violinist Adrian Anantawan. Anantawan…
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‘Teacher started crying’: Students in Mass. town hold walkout in protest of staffing cuts
By Ryan Breslin March 24, 2025 at 10:43 am EDT NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. — Students in a Massachusetts town walked out of class on Monday in protest of “brutal” job cuts…
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‘Have voices heard that are often not heard’: Berklee professor creates first-of-its-kind class
By Kelly Sullivan March 24, 2025 at 7:10 am EDT BOSTON — Berklee College of Music in Boston is one of the top music schools in the world and has produced…
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$2 billion in federal funding for Massachusetts could be at risk due to cuts
By Laura Haefeli March 12, 2025 / 6:31 PM EDT President Trump’s plan to dismantle the Department of Education may have large impacts across Massachusetts, leaving educators worried about what’s to come. The…
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Healey Visits Boston Children’s Hospital, Highlights Harm Caused by Cuts to NIH Funding, Medicaid
by Beacon Hill Times Staff • March 19, 2025 On March 17, Governor Maura Healey and First Lady Joanna Lydgate visited Boston Children’s Hospital, a world leader in pediatric health care, to highlight…
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All employees at Education Department’s Boston regional office to be laid off
Officials said the department is also terminating leases on buildings in cities, including in Boston By Alysha Palumbo • Published March 12, 2025 The entire staff at Boston’s Department of Education building is…
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Disability advocates rally against proposed cap on in-home aides
Meghan Smith March 12, 2025 Hundreds of disability advocates gathered at the State House in Boston Wednesday for a rally to support the state program that provides caregivers to help…
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Mayor Wu and BPHC Release Health Equity Report, Seek Partners to Close Life Expectancy Gap Across Neighborhoods
First funding round calls for proposals for $5 million of total $10 million investment to improve health outcomes in Boston by bolstering economic mobility and financial security BOSTON – Thursday, February…
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Hundreds march in Boston to support democracy and protest policies of Trump, Musk
The peaceful rally in freezing conditions was supported by 100 civil rights, environmental and progressive groups from Massachusetts. By MICHAEL CASEY February 14, 2025 BOSTON (AP) — Chanting “Stop the…
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