Boston Running around Boston the last several days I’ve met great professors and students at Boston University School of Social Work, the Heller School at Brandeis, and the Planning Department at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. It’s fascinating to hear what people are thinking when they begin asking questions after I tell them about …
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First Source Hiring Agreements Are Coming Back
New Orleans The Baltimore City Council joined other cities in passing an ordinance requiring that on city contracts of $300,000 or more 50% or more of the workers needed to be hired from the ranks of city residents. Baltimore wanted to tackle statistical unemployment of almost 10% and unemployment in many of its lower income …
Are Security Cameras Everywhere?
New Orleans Is it just in downtown Boston near Copley Square or are security and surveillance cameras everywhere in our cities. During the recent bombing at the Marathon reports attributed the breakthroughs in the investigation to meticulous viewing of hundreds of hours of video footage around the area which allowed the police and FBI to …