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Boston ranks fifth among the 30 largest cities for family poverty, with a rate of 13.7% in 2023, according to data from FamilyAid and the City’s Early Homelessness Prevention and Intervention Program.
Six notes: 1. Although Boston Children’s was ordered to pay Amy Tishelman, PhD, $1.8 million in back pay and damages, the jury did not find the hospital discriminated against Dr. Tishelman.
Boston Mayor Wu leads legal challenge to Trump administration’s plans to strip immigration protections The City Council voted to reaffirm the Trust Act last month.
The beleaguered Boston City Council is not afraid to take a stand. Sometimes. If it’s politically expedient. And scores progressive brownie points.
Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson is commenting publicly after news broke this week that she is under federal investigation. Fernandes Anderson, who made history in 2021 when she ...
BOSTON — A coalition of attorneys, law students, bar associations and activists called on Beacon Hill lawmakers Thursday to boost funding for civil legal aid to keep up with high ...
Locally, people on the ground have also seen other issues leading veterans to homelessness. Daniel Nagin, faculty director of the Veterans Legal Clinic at Harvard’s WilmerHale Legal Services Center, ...
A pilot program in Boston will allow families facing eviction to access free legal representation in housing court. The Access to Counsel Pilot Program, announced Tuesday by the city’s Office of ...