{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Black on Beacon Hill","home_page_url":"https://blackonbeaconhill.com","description":"Black on Beacon Hill","author":{"name":"Black on Beacon Hill"},"items":[{"id":"https://blackonbeaconhill.com/stories-and-more-1/f/why-there-needs-to-be-more-black-on-beacon-hill","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/8adff7e2-3e18-41c6-992f-0d979a89060f/Screenshot%202025-02-13%20225014.jpg\"/><p>Click here for the article.</p>","url":"https://blackonbeaconhill.com/stories-and-more-1/f/why-there-needs-to-be-more-black-on-beacon-hill","title":"Why There Needs to be More Black Lobbyists on Beacon Hill","summary":"Click here for the article.","date_modified":"2025-02-14T03:58:35Z"},{"id":"https://blackonbeaconhill.com/stories-and-more-1/f/baystate-banner-highlights-dpgs-unique-role-on-beacon-hill","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/8adff7e2-3e18-41c6-992f-0d979a89060f/DPG%20Baystate%20Banner%2011.28.24.png\"/><p></p>","url":"https://blackonbeaconhill.com/stories-and-more-1/f/baystate-banner-highlights-dpgs-unique-role-on-beacon-hill","title":"Baystate Banner Highlights DPG's Unique Role on Beacon Hill","date_modified":"2024-11-30T02:06:55Z"},{"id":"https://blackonbeaconhill.com/stories-and-more-1/f/this-aint-texas---a-black-womans-journey-in-mass-lobbying","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/8adff7e2-3e18-41c6-992f-0d979a89060f/Beacon%20Hilda.jpg\"/><p>  By Andrea Hilda Delaney</p>","url":"https://blackonbeaconhill.com/stories-and-more-1/f/this-aint-texas---a-black-womans-journey-in-mass-lobbying","title":"This ain't Texas - A Black Woman's Journey in Mass. 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