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Alison Croney Moses, a Boston artist dedicated to bringing Black motherhood to light, wins de Cordova Museum’s $50,000 Rappaport Art Prize: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/15/a...
Alison Croney Moses, a Boston artist dedicated to bringing Black motherhood to light, wins de Cordova Museum’s $50,000 Rappaport Prize - The Boston Globe
Her work, largely in wood, has been receiving increased recognition recently.
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July 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Alison Croney Moses, a Boston artist dedicated to bringing Black motherhood to light, wins de Cordova Museum’s $50,000 Rappaport Art Prize: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/15/a...
A PLYMOUTH COUNTY judge overseeing a bundle of municipal lawsuits from towns seeking to halt enforcement of the MBTA Communities housing law has denied their motion for a preliminary injunction and dismissed their complaints.
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MBTA Communities law is not an unfunded mandate, judge rules - CommonWealth Beacon
A recent ruling on the MBTA Communities law denied towns' attempts to block its enforcement. Read more about this legal decision.
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June 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A PLYMOUTH COUNTY judge overseeing a bundle of municipal lawsuits from towns seeking to halt enforcement of the MBTA Communities housing law has denied their motion for a preliminary injunction and dismissed their complaints.
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Falling office values could worsen city’s budget woes, report warns. The Boston Policy Institute had previously projected a shortfall of $1.2 billion to $1.5 billion over five years. Now it estimates $1.7 billion.
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Falling office values could worsen city’s budget woes, report warns - The Boston Globe
The Boston Policy Institute had previously projected a shortfall of $1.2 billion to $1.5 billion over five years. Now it estimates $1.7 billion.
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June 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Falling office values could worsen city’s budget woes, report warns. The Boston Policy Institute had previously projected a shortfall of $1.2 billion to $1.5 billion over five years. Now it estimates $1.7 billion.
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New Study Cautions: Rent Control Offers Short-Term Relief, But Steep Long-Term Costs: pioneerinstitute.org/economic_opp...
New Study Cautions: Rent Control Offers Short-Term Relief, But Steep Long-Term Costs | Economic Opportunity Latest News
Learn all about New Study Cautions: Rent Control Offers Short-Term Relief, But Steep Long-Term Costs and other public policy research within Economic Opportunity from Pioneer Institute.
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May 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
New Study Cautions: Rent Control Offers Short-Term Relief, But Steep Long-Term Costs: pioneerinstitute.org/economic_opp...
The cost of child care in Mass. is among the highest in the country. But vouchers to assist families remain frozen:
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The cost of child care in Mass. is among the highest in the country. But vouchers to assist families remain frozen. - The Boston Globe
Nearly 32,000 children are on the wait list, and it’s unclear when there will be enough state funding to start issuing new vouchers again.
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May 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The cost of child care in Mass. is among the highest in the country. But vouchers to assist families remain frozen:
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“People can’t borrow against their future to pay for daycare. And housing and student debt are already stretching them thin. People are making deeply rational choices in a system that’s not set up to support families.”
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Why Massachusetts women have fewer children and Trump’s $5,000 ‘baby bonus’ won’t help - The Boston Globe
To better understand what’s behind Massachusetts’ baby bust, we spoke with leading demographers, epidemiologists, and public health researchers.
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May 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
“People can’t borrow against their future to pay for daycare. And housing and student debt are already stretching them thin. People are making deeply rational choices in a system that’s not set up to support families.”
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Mayor Wu Announces Scaled-Back Open Streets Schedule for 2025: mass.streetsblog.org/2025/05/08/m...
Mayor Wu Announces Scaled-Back Open Streets Schedule for 2025 - Streetsblog Massachusetts
On Wednesday morning, Mayor Michelle Wu announced the city’s 2025 schedule of Open Streets events, with five weekend street festivals in Dorchester, Roxbury, Hyde Park, Mattapan, and Jamaica Plain, pl...
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May 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Mayor Wu Announces Scaled-Back Open Streets Schedule for 2025: mass.streetsblog.org/2025/05/08/m...
Massachusetts has one of the slowest job growth rates in the country. That’s a big problem:
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May 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Massachusetts has one of the slowest job growth rates in the country. That’s a big problem:
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commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/mass...
Massachusetts has one of the slowest job growth rates in the country. That’s a big problem: commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/mass...
May 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Massachusetts has one of the slowest job growth rates in the country. That’s a big problem: commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/mass...
Meet the 2025 Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy Fellows: lawmagazine.bc.edu/2025/05/2025...
Boston College Law School Magazine | 2025 Rappaport Fellows Announced
Policy internships in state and local government awarded to twelve students from Greater Boston law schools, including three from BC Law.
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May 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Meet the 2025 Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy Fellows: lawmagazine.bc.edu/2025/05/2025...
Small businesses in Massachusetts are entering the danger zone-In a recent survey of 635 small businesses across the Commonwealth, businesses report they are struggling to make ends meet under a sea of rising costs.
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Small businesses in Massachusetts are entering the danger zone - The Boston Globe
In a recent survey of 635 small businesses across the Commonwealth, businesses report they are struggling to make ends meet under a sea of rising costs.
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May 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Small businesses in Massachusetts are entering the danger zone-In a recent survey of 635 small businesses across the Commonwealth, businesses report they are struggling to make ends meet under a sea of rising costs.
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu opens up about parenting and her faith: www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...
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April 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu opens up about parenting and her faith: www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...
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Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
April 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Deaths from heart disease down 75%, that’s NIH.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
Deaths from stroke down 75%, that’s NIH.
HIV/AIDS no longer a death sentence, that’s NIH.
99% of FDA approved drugs in the last decade, that’s NIH.
Please show this video to anyone who doesn’t understand why the NIH is so important.
The Enlarged Heart of Boston Public Schools-The district’s expanding central office amidst declining enrollment demands a stronger political response: www.educationnext.org/enlarged-hea...
The Enlarged Heart of Boston Public Schools
The district’s expanding central office amidst declining enrollment demands a stronger political response
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April 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The Enlarged Heart of Boston Public Schools-The district’s expanding central office amidst declining enrollment demands a stronger political response: www.educationnext.org/enlarged-hea...
Data Helps Boston Schools Achieve 94% On-Time Buses:
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Data Helps Boston Schools Achieve 94% On-Time Buses
As bus drivers for Boston Public Schools got used to a new bus-tracking app, software allowed the district to collect and update real-time data on every bus route to make them more efficient.
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April 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Data Helps Boston Schools Achieve 94% On-Time Buses:
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April 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Learn How the Rappaport Applied Field Lab helps policymakers transform a big idea into impact:
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An HKS field lab helps policymakers transform a big idea into impact
For the last 20 years, students in Professor Linda Bilmes’ “Greater Boston Applied Field Lab” course at Harvard Kennedy School have been all over Massachusetts applying their classroom skills to real ...
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April 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Learn How the Rappaport Applied Field Lab helps policymakers transform a big idea into impact:
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The private sector and philanthropy need to support science and research now more than ever:
Mass General Brigham to lose millions in medical research grants under Trump cuts:
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Mass General Brigham to lose millions in medical research grants under Trump cuts:
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‘We are all terrified’: Mass General Brigham to lose millions in medical research grants under Trump cuts - The Boston Globe
Several universities and hospitals are seeing their funding disappear in areas ranging from reproductive health to pandemic preparedness.
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April 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The private sector and philanthropy need to support science and research now more than ever:
Mass General Brigham to lose millions in medical research grants under Trump cuts:
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Mass General Brigham to lose millions in medical research grants under Trump cuts:
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Meet the newly appointed Executive Director of the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy Amanda Teo.
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Amanda Teo Shares Her Vision for the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy at Boston College.
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March 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Meet the newly appointed Executive Director of the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy Amanda Teo.
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Public art, public visions: How Boston tells stories through murals and street art: www.thejustice.org/article/2025...
Public art, public visions: How Boston tells stories through murals and street art
The surge of murals and street art in Boston resurfaces age-old questions about what is considered art, what it does for a community and who gets the space to create it.
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March 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Public art, public visions: How Boston tells stories through murals and street art: www.thejustice.org/article/2025...
Housing Production Depends on Transforming the MBTA’s Suburban Transit
Better Connections Will Unlock Value Needed to Build: bankerandtradesman.com/housing-prod...
Better Connections Will Unlock Value Needed to Build: bankerandtradesman.com/housing-prod...
Housing Production Depends on Transforming the MBTA’s Suburban Transit
Suburban transit isn’t just about getting people to work – it’s about supporting local economies and making Greater Boston more livable. But right now, it is treated as an afterthought.
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March 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Housing Production Depends on Transforming the MBTA’s Suburban Transit
Better Connections Will Unlock Value Needed to Build: bankerandtradesman.com/housing-prod...
Better Connections Will Unlock Value Needed to Build: bankerandtradesman.com/housing-prod...
Watch Harvard Law School's Rappaport Forum
"TikTok & Free Speech": youtu.be/qjWfrvMi-aI?...
"TikTok & Free Speech": youtu.be/qjWfrvMi-aI?...
Harvard Law School Rappaport Forum: TikTok and Free Speech
YouTube video by Harvard Law School
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February 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Watch Harvard Law School's Rappaport Forum
"TikTok & Free Speech": youtu.be/qjWfrvMi-aI?...
"TikTok & Free Speech": youtu.be/qjWfrvMi-aI?...