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Boston Globe reporter covering work and income inequality kjohnston@globe.com
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‘Things are just tight’: Mass. middle-class household budgets increasing faster than inflation, data show

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By Katie Johnston 
| The Boston Globe
Within five years, the income needed to maintain a middle-class standard of living for a two-parent family with two school-age children in Massachusetts jumped nearly 50 percent, according to the MassINC Policy Center. This increase, from $117,000 in 2020 to $174,000 in 2024, is a much faster rise than in the past and exceeds the rate nationwide. It also outpaced the inflation rate by 28 percentage points, analysis by the Massachusetts research nonprofit shows.
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She went to prison for killing a man. Can she believe in second chances?

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By Katie Johnston 
| The Boston Globe
For Scott, now 33, the word “detour” couldn’t begin to cover it. She’d dropped out of school at age 16 and slipped into a life of drugs and violence. At 23, she got into a brutal fight with an ex’s friend and, afraid he was about to kill her, stabbed him to death. She was sentenced to 11 years in prison. Released early for good behavior, she was serving the final two years of her term in Rockland, living in her own apartment but under strict supervision.
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For kids in public housing, access to higher-income neighbors spurs future economic gains Original

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By Katie Johnston 
| The Boston Globe
Now, research shows the redesign substantially improved the lives of the children who grew up there. The main reason for these outcomes: increased interactions with people who live nearby, the higher income the better. A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.
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