The Malden City Council has shot down a request to place two non-binding questions on the ballot in front of voters in November that would have asked whether bike and bus lanes should be removed and whether there should be a ban on new ones from being created.
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Amazon employed more than 1,000 people in Massachusetts who received SNAP benefits in 2019-20. (Neal McNamara/Patch)
Third of a three-part series. This story was reported by Jimmy Bentley, Jenna Fisher, Neal McNamara and Alex Newman.
MASSACHUSETTS Amazon is rapidly expanding its presence in Massachusetts, signifying a boom for the retail giant, but not all of its workers are reaping the benefits of growth.
The state Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) provided Patch with five years worth of data naming the companies that employ the most workers receiving benefits under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).