Why are Massachusetts’s most prominent statewide officials challenging President Trump over DEI policy? It is what residents of the Commonwealth want their elected officials to do.
Diversity
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Massachusetts cannabis industry struggles with diversity in senior leadership despite equity mandates
A lack of diversity persists at the senior leadership level in the cannabis industry, and industry leaders are calling on the commission to enforce diversity goals.
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Running state government’s diversity numbers
A correction has been added to this story. THE LATEST NUMBERS on diversity in state government indicate a positive trend overall with some areas performing better than others. Government agencies are expected to reflect the population they serve. The Baker administration employs an outdated benchmark on its diversity dashboard, citing Census data from 2010 rather than […]
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Kaufman: ‘No diversity of opinion’ in DeLeo’s inner circle
FORMER REP. JAY KAUFMAN continued his recent lambasting of House Speaker Robert DeLeo during a panel discussion Wednesday about the lack of racial and gender diversity in Massachusetts government. The Lexington Democrat, who spent roughly a decade as DeLeo’s Revenue Committee chairman until last year when he declined to seek re-election, said the leadership ranks […]
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Pressley leads changing of the guard
CHANGE HAMMERED ON US Rep. Michael Capuano’s door at about 9:15 Tuesday night after making the rounds at a few other stops. It couldn’t wait. For Ayanna Pressley, the 44-year-old Boston City Councilor who defeated the 10-term incumbent by a surprisingly wide 59 to 41 margin, the result justified the politically risky decision she made […]
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Minority numbers in accounting don’t add up
SOMETIMES OPPORTUNITY DOESN’T knock – you have to bang on the door. That’s one takeaway from the story of Santiago Fernandez, who had big dreams and one major goal — to move to the U.S. and compete at the highest level of business. He was working in Argentina when his accounting firm was acquired by […]