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		<title>On the front line against domestic violence: Janet Donovan JD &#8217;89</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jane Whitehead.  “We’re always on high alert here,” says Janet Donovan, JD ’89, as she greets a visitor at the secure entrance to the offices of Casa Myrna Vasquez. Since 1999 she has managed the Legal Advocacy Program at this multi-service agency for battered women and their children in Boston. On an April afternoon, &#8230; <a href="http://rappaportbriefing.net/2013/04/23/on-the-front-line-against-domestic-violence-janet-donovan-jd-89/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rappaportbriefing.net&#038;blog=20512208&#038;post=695&#038;subd=rappaportbriefing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Public defender: Anthony Benedetti JD &#8217;93</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2013 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1963 unanimous ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright that gave poor people accused of crimes the right to counsel, regardless of ability to pay.  Anthony J. Benedetti, Chief Counsel for Massachusetts’ Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS), the state agency that provides legal services to the indigent, &#8230; <a href="http://rappaportbriefing.net/2013/04/23/public-defender-a-profile-of-anthony-benedetti/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rappaportbriefing.net&#038;blog=20512208&#038;post=691&#038;subd=rappaportbriefing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Redistricting Boston: The need for a better approach</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Daniel Glissman.  Download as PDF.  The object of electoral redistricting is to create a plan for districts that provides fair representation for all Boston residents.  The process of redistricting should also be open and inclusive. The City of Boston fell short on the latter score in its most recent redistricting plan, completed in October &#8230; <a href="http://rappaportbriefing.net/2013/04/02/redistricting-boston-the-need-for-a-better-approach/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rappaportbriefing.net&#038;blog=20512208&#038;post=669&#038;subd=rappaportbriefing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The online sales tax problem: Congress must act</title>
		<link>http://rappaportbriefing.net/2013/03/26/the-online-sales-tax-problem-congress-must-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Monisha Pahuja. Download as PDF.  Under current law, states cannot collect sales taxes from out-of-state retailers and the rapid growth in e-commerce is diverting an increasing share of sales taxes revenues from strained state budgets. Although state residents are required to self-report untaxed Internet purchases on their annual returns, states lack the ability to &#8230; <a href="http://rappaportbriefing.net/2013/03/26/the-online-sales-tax-problem-congress-must-act/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rappaportbriefing.net&#038;blog=20512208&#038;post=662&#038;subd=rappaportbriefing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Massachusetts must restore the safety net to protect homeless families</title>
		<link>http://rappaportbriefing.net/2013/03/21/massachusetts-must-restore-the-safety-net-to-protect-homeless-families/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Deena Zakim.  Download as PDF.  The State of Massachusetts recently finalized changes tightening eligibility for Emergency Assistance (EA). The Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) is shifting its focus towards providing permanent housing for homeless families, rather than emergency shelter. The department&#8217;s changes are well intentioned but hurt families in need. They must &#8230; <a href="http://rappaportbriefing.net/2013/03/21/massachusetts-must-restore-the-safety-net-to-protect-homeless-families/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rappaportbriefing.net&#038;blog=20512208&#038;post=656&#038;subd=rappaportbriefing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Closing Massachusetts&#8217; skills gap</title>
		<link>http://rappaportbriefing.net/2013/03/07/closing-massachusetts-skills-gap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By David H. Farrell. Download as PDF.  In late 2012, roughly 240,000 people were looking for work across Massachusetts, yet over 120,000 job openings remained unfilled. Too many of the Commonwealth’s workers lack the skills that are needed to fill the jobs that are available. The Patrick administration has recognized the need to fix this &#8230; <a href="http://rappaportbriefing.net/2013/03/07/closing-massachusetts-skills-gap/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rappaportbriefing.net&#038;blog=20512208&#038;post=649&#038;subd=rappaportbriefing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A change for the better: Retooling the New England ground fishery</title>
		<link>http://rappaportbriefing.net/2013/03/05/a-change-for-the-better-retooling-the-new-england-ground-fishery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Neil Clinton.  Download as PDF.  After decades of overfishing, mismanagement, and decreasing stock sizes, fishermen, scientists, and regulators have found a way to work together in order to bring about significant change in the management of the country’s first and oldest fishery.  Better science, tempered with a more flexible management style, is ending an &#8230; <a href="http://rappaportbriefing.net/2013/03/05/a-change-for-the-better-retooling-the-new-england-ground-fishery/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rappaportbriefing.net&#038;blog=20512208&#038;post=646&#038;subd=rappaportbriefing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Charting the MBTA&#8217;s path to financial viability</title>
		<link>http://rappaportbriefing.net/2013/02/26/charting-the-mbtas-path-to-financial-viability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nigel Crocombe.  Download as PDF.  This year, the MBTA faces the most daunting financial crisis in its history.  It must resolve immediate fiscal challenges including a $130 million budget deficit, $5.2 billion of structural debt, and a $4 billion maintenance backlog.  The MBTA is also experiencing surging ridership that threatens to overwhelm its aging &#8230; <a href="http://rappaportbriefing.net/2013/02/26/charting-the-mbtas-path-to-financial-viability/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rappaportbriefing.net&#038;blog=20512208&#038;post=639&#038;subd=rappaportbriefing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An early start to negotiating community agreements will aid host communities</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By David Chorney.  Download as PDF.  Municipal leaders and the Gaming Commission have disagreed about the pace of the process for licensing new casinos in the state, and at what point community agreements should be negotiated. The Commission has taken a cautious approach.  But timely negotiation of community agreements could foster a more competitive bidding &#8230; <a href="http://rappaportbriefing.net/2013/02/22/an-early-start-to-negotiating-community-agreements-will-aid-host-communities/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rappaportbriefing.net&#038;blog=20512208&#038;post=629&#038;subd=rappaportbriefing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>VMT: The real solution to Massachusetts&#8217; transportation funding crisis?</title>
		<link>http://rappaportbriefing.net/2013/02/22/vmt-the-real-solution-to-massachusetts-transportation-funding-crisis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Paul A. Schmid.  Download as PDF.  In January, Governor Deval Patrick unveiled an ambitious budget for fiscal year 2014.  The media has focused primarily on one of the budget’s cornerstones: the Governor’s plan to spend $1 billion more per year on transportation.  However, there is an innovative proposal buried deep within the transportation plan &#8230; <a href="http://rappaportbriefing.net/2013/02/22/vmt-the-real-solution-to-massachusetts-transportation-funding-crisis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rappaportbriefing.net&#038;blog=20512208&#038;post=626&#038;subd=rappaportbriefing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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