LOCAL NEWS

RCC questions report on possible merger

A report released last week by The Boston Foundation recommends that the state consider merging Roxbury Community College (RCC) and Bunker Hill Community College into one consolidated institution called Boston Community and Technical College. More »

City seizes buildings to expand Ferdinand project

The City of Boston is moving to acquire the two remaining buildings adjacent to the old Ferdinand's Furniture building to make more room for the planned $15 million Dudley Square Municipal Office Facility project, set to break ground in spring 2012. More »

Analysis: Assault on minority voting rights

A strategic campaign to deny voting rights to African Americans and Latinos is well underway, according to a report issued Monday by the NAACP and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. More »

Public service unions and the 'Commons'

There is a favorable awakening of Americans in the polls toward issues of public service union employees. This dovetails with the emerging groups of working people who are participating in the multifarious "Occupy" social conferences across the nation. More »

NBA Region 1 launching yearlong honors program

The National Bar Association's (NBA) Region 1 is launching a yearlong honors program next Monday, Dec. 12, aimed at high school students interested in law. A two-pronged initiative focused on career education and exploration coupled with networking, the program will meet for the first time at the John Adams Courthouse at 4 p.m. More »

Bridging the gap of racial inequality

The White House's Policy in Action Leadership Conference last month was an opportunity to hear from the Obama adminsitration about their efforts to close the racial disparities in education and job training, business development, foreclosures and health. More »

Nurse lives dream while changing lives in Africa

Mattapan resident Marion Tinsley - a nurse at the Veteran's Administration Hospital in Jamaica Plain - set out to change lives in Africa, and ended up changing her own. The 44-year-old master's student at Regis College had wanted to go to Africa for awhile, but wasn't sure how to get there. More »

Veterans to benefit from enhanced state treasury program

Changes to the state's Welcome Home Bonus program will increase benefits to many Massachusetts veterans who serve multiple tours of duty overseas, state Treasurer Steven Grossman said last week. More »