Full-Court Press: Disabled Jamaica Plain Man Makes Boston-Area Businesses Feel Heat

Full-Court Press:  Disabled Jamaica Plain Man Makes Boston-Area Businesses Feel Heat

BOSTON — A Jamaica Plain man is suing more than a dozen Hub businesses in federal court, alleging various violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act.

Legal filings show that Raoul Marradi, who suffers from cerebral palsy, is no stranger to the court system. Marradi, according to the copies of 15 lawsuits he filed this week, "acts as a tester on behalf of other persons with disabilities, for the purpose of discovering, encountering, and engaging discrimination against the disabled in public accommodations."

Right-To-Work:  Coming To A Place Near You
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Right-To-Work: Coming To A Place Near You

NBP Editorial Board

Twenty-six states now have right-to-work laws. Election results last month in Kentucky, where a Republican House was elected for the first time in more than a century, and in Missouri, where a Republican governor won, all but guarantee that right-to-work laws will be enacted in those states. And now, in true blue New England, with the election of Republican Chris Sununu as Governor of New Hampshire, a right-to-work law may be enacted in 2017 in the Granite State.

This is a big deal.

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