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How Brockton’s budget woes began
Brockton, citing financial hardship over the last year, has left more than a thousand public school students without teachers for one or more periods a day. These students are overwhelmingly Black and brown.
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Black candidates fall short in three major Mass. mayoral races
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Black candidates fall short in three major Mass. mayoral races
With second-place finish, Khrystian King becomes first Black vice chair of Worcester City Council
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Brockton residents press Healey for state aid
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Brockton residents press Healey for state aid
Attorney General Maura Healey, who is running for governor, met with Brockton-area residents at the Cape Verdean Association of Brockton, Monday.
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Legislators carve out new districts
For Boston’s communities of color, the redistricting process for the Massachusetts House and Senate offers a chance to advocate for better representation. Under maps expected to be approved Wednesday, the state Legislature would add 13 new majority-minority districts — districts in which the larger share of population is not white — in the House and three new ones in the Senate, resulting in a total of 33 House districts and six Senate districts that are majority-minority.
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