ROXBURY – Mass transit riders, students, activists and a trio of local lawmakers lambasted the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's proposal to raise fares by as much as 9.7 percent at a public hearing Wednesday in Boston.
The public hearing, held at Roxbury Community College, was one of several the transit agency is holding across the region as it weighs increased fares to combat a massive budget deficit. Officials project a $242 million shortfall in fiscal 2017 even as they seek to rebuild the system's reputation after it ground to a halt amid last winter's record snow.
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The federal government sued Ferguson on Wednesday, one day after the City Council voted to revise an agreement aimed at improving the way police and courts treat poor people and minorities in the St. Louis suburb.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Ferguson's decision to reject the deal left the Justice Department no choice except to file a civil-rights lawsuit.
