Nichols Prof. Hans Despain Opines on Sen. Eric Lesser Proposed Western Mass.-Remote Worker Incentive Bill

The (Springfield) Republican / MassLive.com and The Reminder newspaper company have published an opinion column by Nichols College Economics Chair and Professor Hans G. Despain, Ph.D., about State Sen. Eric Lesser’s (D-Longmeadow) proposed remote worker incentive program. The legislation would encourage people to move from eastern Massachusetts to the western part of the state. Dr. […]

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 State Lawmakers Hear Testimony from Nichols College Counterterrorism Faculty

BY LORRAINE U. MARTINELLE BOSTON—Nichols College counterterrorism graduate program faculty testified May 9, 2018, before the Massachusetts Legislature’s House Committee on Technology and Intergovernmental Affairs and the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security. The public hearing, which focused on cyber security, was held amid allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election […]

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 Mass. Legislature’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Members Meet with Nichols Counterterrorism Experts

Members of the Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security (PSHS) were on “The Hill” Tuesday, Jan. 30 — but on Dudley Hill, not Beacon Hill. They met Nichols College Graduate and Professional Studies (GPS) Adjunct Professor Colonel Tom Stewart and Executive Director Kerry Calnan, state Sen. Michael O. Moore, Nichols President […]

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