"I just don’t want to see it happen to anyone else," Mrs. Takayangi said of her family's experience being imprisoned in a US internment camp during World War II.
Massachusetts will collect more-detailed data on dozens of Asian, Pacific Islander, Black, Latino, and white ethnic groups, a change that can sharpen policy makers’ understanding of a diversifying population.
The payrolls of Asian-owned businesses in Massachusetts grew from $1.2 billion to nearly $4 billion over the 18-year period ending in 2020, according to a new report that collates information from national and local sources.