BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 7 -- Action for Boston Community Development issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2024: Governor Maura Healey, Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll, MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng, ABCD President and CEO Sharon Scott-Chandler, and Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) Chief Operating Officer Michael Cole joined community leaders, elected officials, advocates, and stakeholders at Malden Center Station on the Orange Line in Malden to celebrate the launch   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The Asian Americans Advancing Justice issued the following news release: This past week, many schools including Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Amherst College, Tufts University, Yale University, Princeton University and the University of Virginia released the demographic breakdowns for the incoming classes of 2028 - each institution's first freshman class since the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in higher education last June. Schools are report  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The International Franchise Association issued the following statement on Sept. 6, 2024: * * * In Amicus Brief, IFA Law Center Made Case for Untenable Precedent of Classifying Franchisees as Employees; Calls for Momentous Decision to Impact Broader Independent Contractor Debate * * * The International Franchise Association (IFA) today released the following statement praising the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's decision in Patel v. 7-Eleven Inc.: "The momentous  more

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts, Sept. 6 -- The New England First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release: The New England First Amendment Coalition is asking the Massachusetts Attorney General to order the disclosure of certain motor vehicle records that were once public but are now kept secret due to a misconstrued law. The Work Family Mobility Act and related regulations pose an impassable barrier for journalists seeking a variety of Registry of Motor Vehicles records that were pre  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 7 -- New England for Offshore Wind, an organization that says it commits to combatting climate change by increasing the supply of clean energy to regional grid, issued the following news: New England for Offshore Wind (@NE4OSW) is proud to announce its collaboration with Acadia Center and the Environmental League of Massachusetts on a webinar that will uncover the benefits of balancing US-Canada energy resources to bolster Atlantic offshore wind potential. Bridgin  more