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Reducing the Cost of Gun Violence

John Rosenthal, co-founder of Stop Handgun Violence, details the impact of Massachusetts’ success with public policy on gun control and the choices officials must make to replicate that success nationwide.

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As Massachusetts shows, strong gun-safety laws work

Other states should follow suit. Globe staff illustration; Guy Sagi/Adobe For gun-safety activists or everyday Massachusetts citizens concerned about gun violence, it doesn’t get much better than this. Newly released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show Massachusetts is the state with the least amount of gun violence per capita, while a… Continue Reading →

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Individual Gun Ownership Is Not at Stake in This Election | Opinion

John E. Rosenthal Co-founder, Stop Handgun Violence As a long-time gun owner, shooting sports enthusiast, businessperson and gun safety advocate, I can say with complete certainty that gun ownership is not at stake in this fall’s election. It is well-settled law that private firearm ownership is a right guaranteed by the Second Amendment of the… Continue Reading →

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First residential building at the $1.3 billion Fenway Center now open – developed by Gerding Edlen, Meredith Management and Nuveen Real Estate

Boston, MA Bower, the anticipated residential development that is Phase 1 of the 1.3 million s/f transit-oriented, mixed-use Fenway Center complex, has opened the first of two residential buildings. The project is located adjacent to Fenway Park and the Lansdowne Commuter Rail Station, and re-imagines an underutilized urban crossroads as a walkable, pedestrian-oriented community that… Continue Reading →

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Column: We will get through this; what we do next matters just as much

This is a moment in time that we should never forget. There are still many unknowns about how widespread and over what time frame the coronavirus will impact ourselves, our country and our planet. While we all wait for answers, physical distancing is absolutely critical until this deadly virus spread-curve flattens, testing is wide-spread and… Continue Reading →

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IQHQ Receives Unanimous BPDA Approval for Amendment to State-of-the-Art Fenway Center Project

Key milestone advances planned development that will meet growing demand for premier life science real estate in the Boston market BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–IQHQ, Inc., a premier life sciences real estate development company, today announced that its Fenway Center PDA amendment has been unanimously approved by the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA). The revised plan for… Continue Reading →

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Long-planned Fenway Center project above Mass. Pike could happen this summer

The city has signed off on changes that will allow developers to break ground on the $1 billion complex After 20 years of planning, work on the second, larger, phase of Fenway Center could start within months, according to the developer. On Thursday night, the Boston Planning & Development Agency’s board approved changes to the… Continue Reading →

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This Fenway office and lab property sold for $270M

109 Brookline Ave. in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood. California-based IQHQ Inc., the recently renamed real-estate firm that’s partnering on the development of Fenway Center, has bought an office and lab property on Brookline Avenue near to the future project site. IQHQ Inc. — which was founded as Creative Science Properties — acquired 109 Brookline Ave. in… Continue Reading →

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Parents of Parkland shooting victim join Boston leaders in fight for universal gun background checks

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Parkland parents, survivor seek support of businesses on gun control

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey held up a pin with the new Gun Safety-Certified logo designed by Manuel and Patricia Oliver, parents of Joaquin Oliver, who was killed in the Parkland mass shooting on Valentine’s Day of 2018, during a press conference on Thursday. Blake Nissen/The Boston Globe A day before the second anniversary of… Continue Reading →

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