‘A self-fulfilling cycle’: Why Gateway Cities consistently have lower voter turnout
ADVERTISEMENT New from CommonWealth Beacon AFFORDABILITY WOES : Heading into an election season in which “affordability” is the defining issue, a majority of Bay Staters agree that Massachusetts is a better place to live than most other states and, simultaneously, that it remains too expensive, according to newly released polling data . Chris Lisinski has more. OPINION : The decision to bypass a traditional community engagement and outreach process represents a missed opportunity for a collaborative journey between the city of Boston and local residents that delivers a White Stadium molded by a shared sense of place and unified sense of purpose, writes Scott Farmelant, principal consultant and owner of Boston Strategic Communications. UNEMPLOYMENT WOES : Problems within the state’s unemployment assistance system predated the upheaval that CommonWealth Beacon documented this year , according to a new report from Auditor Diana DiZoglio that warned of slow paym...