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White Massachusetts residents more than twice as likely to own a business than Black, Latinx residents

By Anna Stjernquist March 31, 2021
Less than half a percent of Boston’s 2014-2019 contract spending went to Black-owned business.
The Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, a state student loan agency, has broken off its memberships with the National Council of Higher Education Resources. The NCHER is a national group that has been lobbying the U.S. Department of Education to be easier on regulations for loan services. PHOTO BY BETSEY GOLDWASSER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Massachusetts agency breaks off from national loan servicer amid controversy

By Jordan Kimmel April 2, 2018
The Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, a student loan servicer, separated its relations with the National Council of Higher Education Resources Wednesday, claiming that they are rolling back protections for student loan borrowers.
Sen. Eric Lesser speaks at the Millennial Engagement Initiative. The event aimed to engage with millennials in addressing problems and concerns their generation has. PHOTO BY JACQUELINE YI ZHOU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

SPARK Boston hosts discussion about millennials’ civic engagement

By Diana Leane March 20, 2018

Matt Wittman, 27, of Cambridge, had been looking to become more politically involved when a friend forwarded him an email about an event geared toward improving millennial engagement in government....

Former Pres. Obama aide Eric Lesser to run for Massachusetts State Senate

By Daily Free Press Admin February 19, 2014

Eric Lesser, a former aide to U.S. President Barack Obama, announced Tuesday he is running for a State Senate seat in the First Hampden and Hampshire District. Lesser, a Democrat from Longmeadow, has...

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