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What's new at The Bay State BannerMass Latino population will soon hit 15 percentThe Massachusetts Latino population is projected to reach 1.15 million in 2035, up from 757,000 in 2015, according to a study released last week by the Mauricio Gaston Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy. By 2035, Latinos are expected to account for 15 percent of the state’s population. Page 1 - no comments - 1,758 views ACLU digs into BPD ICE task forceThe ACLU filed a public records request last week with the BPD regarding the March 2017 arrest by ICE of Jose Martin Paz Flores, a construction worker at Tara Construction, Inc. after he was injured on the job and filed for workers’ compensation. Page 1 - no comments - 1,713 views Equity ownership matters in DudleyIn October, the city of Boston announced that all developers building on city-owned land would be subject to strict guidelines on diversity to ensure that they are including people of color and women in building projects, from jobs to equity ownership. Page 1 - no comments - 1,587 views MBTA opens Mattapan commuter rail stationFor years, trains on the Fairmount Line passed by Mattapan Square, speeding commuters to South Station while bypassing the busy commercial district. Page 2 - no comments - 1,607 views Rollins: Panel to investigate police shootingRollins’ appointment of the four-person panel marks the first time a Boston police shooting will be investigated by a panel independent of the police or district attorney’s office. Rollins pledged to conduct independent investigations of police-involved shootings while campaigning for office last year. Page 3 - no comments - 1,734 views Toward a more enlightened health care policyOne of the most outstanding achievements of Barack Obama’s tenure as president was the political battle to enact the Affordable Care Act. Despite the continued hostility from the conservatives who derisively referred to the ACA as Obamacare, 20 million Americans without health insurance became enrolled. Page 4 - no comments - 1,721 views . Page 4 - no comments - 1,594 views Trump will likely serve out his termFrom the moment Trump set foot in the White House the mantra of much of the media, many Democrats, and Trump loathers of all stripes, is that he likely will not finish his term. Page 5 - no comments - 1,775 views IN THE NEWSPresident of Cambridge College has been inducted into the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s Academy of Distinguished Bostonians. Jackson joins an accomplished group of Academy members, including business leaders, philanthropists, local and national elected officials, cultural dignitaries, and sports greats. Page 5 - no comments - 1,738 views ROVING CAMERA“I don’t feel that it’s a big deal. Every state has to raise fares according to what they need in their public transit system. It’s ok as long as people can afford to use it.”. Page 5 - no comments - 1,459 views Roxbury scouts learn important life lessonsOn a clear, chilly Friday afternoon a group of adolescent boys from the Orchard Gardens K–8 Pilot School trudge through layers of ice and snow along a worn hiking trail. Along the way, they pause to analyze animal tracks, ponder good places to setup camp, and start snowball skirmishes. Page 6 - no comments - 1,703 views Blackstone students protest BPS budgetAt a Boston Public Schools budget hearing last week, during which district officials outlined the Walsh administration’s proposed school budget of $1.139 billion for FY20, students and teachers from the Blackstone Innovation School staged a demonstration demanding an additional $20 million to be added to the budget to improve quality of education. Page 7 - no comments - 1,867 views NAACP brings 2020 convention to Boston“As the oldest Branch in the NAACP, the Boston Branch has a long and impactful legacy in the fight for racial justice,” the leaders of the Boston Branch said in a statement. “Given of our engagement in this fight, we know that 2020 will be a pivotal year for our country. Page 8 - no comments - 1,823 views Eastern Bank’s Business Equity InitiativePHOTO: DOTGIRLPHOTOS.COM Anthony Samuels (center) is one of the first 10 Participating Enterprises to participate in Eastern Bank’s Business Equity Initiative program and was recognized with the other first participants at the recent event. Page 9 - no comments - 1,727 views A salon for Muslim womenFor some people, getting a haircut is a normal, regular task, checked off the to-do list without a second thought. However, for Muslim women who choose to wear the hijab, having their hair styled at a public salon poses a challenge to their faith.. Page 10 - no comments - 2,064 views BIZ BITS• Find your tax records. Your local taxing authority can give you a copy of the tax bill for your home. But you should also scrutinize the registration paperwork on your car, RV, boat or other movable assets, says Robert Kirby, a CPA at Munc CPA in Rohnert Park, California. Page 10 - no comments - 1,951 views Interview answers that drive employers crazyClichéd responses run rampant in interviews. David Waring, co-founder of Fit Small Business, a website that provides small business reviews and recommendations, says job seekers who respond with these clichéd answers to basic questions are most annoying:. Page 11 - no comments - 1,602 views The context of Kahlo(top) Self-Portrait with Hummingbird and Thorn Necklace, 1940. Oil on canvas. Nickolas Muray Collection of Modern Mexican Art, Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin; © 2018 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D. Page 12 - no comments - 1,999 views Jazz vocalist living her best lifeThe powerhouse vocalist has traveled the globe sharing her music with audiences in England, France, Spain, Italy, China, Japan and the Netherlands, and is set to share her music with Boston audiences at the RISE Music Series on March 28 at 7 p.m. at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Page 12 - no comments - 1,711 views Designing the Paris of South AmericaThe exhibition is displayed to supplement an ongoing course at the university under the same name, but it provides the public with interesting insight into the design process and the differences between Argentine and international architects’ approaches. Page 13 - no comments - 1,784 views FOODAccording to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Liverpool, children who viewed pictures of social media influencers with unhealthy foods ate 91 calories, on average, more than children who saw pictures of influencers without any food items or with healthy food items. Page 14 - no comments - 1,879 views Red sauce green sauceThe refugees blended in seamlessly with the strolling romancers, lounging elders and spandex-clad exercisers, and I assumed they were locals until I saw the green sauce they served alongside their empanadas. That sauce, called guasacaca, is a part of the Venezuelan identity that they could not leave behind. Page 14 - no comments - 1,739 views Esperanza spalding in DorchesterConservatory Lab Charter School welcomed Grammy-award winning jazz bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding for a special visit to one of its two Dorchester campuses. Conservatory Lab has an orchestra named in Esperanza’s honor, and 2nd-grade members of the Esperanza Spalding Orchestra showcased some of the compositions they are learning in class. Page 15 - no comments - 1,755 views
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