Workforce Diversity Investments Included in Major Life Sciences Bond Bill BOSTON – On Thursday, Senator Nick Collins joined his colleagues in the Massachusetts State Senate to pass a bill that extends state investments in the life sciences and biotechnology industry in Massachusetts, catalyzing thousands of jobs across the state. The legislation includes a provision to [...]
State representative files legislation for minority contractors Collins continues the work he started with Forry towards equity in development projects Bay State Banner, Karen Morales | 4/25/2018, 1 p.m. State Rep. Nick Collins has filed an amendment to the House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means budget proposal that would require all state agencies [...]
This editorial originally appeared in the Dorchester Reporter on April 19th, 2018: Over her 14 years as a candidate for state offices, this newspaper never endorsed former State Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry in this space for one simple reason: She’s my wife. An endorsement would have been awkward and wildly inappropriate, and we went to great pains [...]
City’s first African-American female council president cites Collins’ record on equality, housing, transportation BOSTON, Mass., April 10, 2018 – City Council President Andrea Campbell has endorsed Nick Collins in the race for senator of the First Suffolk District. “Nick Collins has a firm grasp on the needs of our district, our city and our state,” said [...]
First Democratic ward committee to endorse in the race cited Collins’ record on equality, housing, transportation BOSTON, Mass., April 3, 2018 – The Ward 15 Democratic Committee, which represents several neighborhoods in Dorchester, has endorsed Nick Collins in the race for state senator for the First Suffolk District. “Rep. Nick Collins has worked competently and harmoniously [...]
BOSTON, Mass., March 20, 2018 – Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins has endorsed state Rep. Nick Collins in the race for the First Suffolk District senate seat. "For the past eight years, while serving as the State Representative of the 4th Suffolk District, Nick Collins has been passionately committed to providing his constituents with access to [...]
State Rep. Nick Collins, the lone Democrat running for the First Suffolk Senate seat vacated in late January by Linda Dorcena Forry, secured his predecessor’s endorsement at the campaign’s launch last week. “Nick is someone that knows the beauty of our city,” Dorcena Forry said as she introduced Collins at his Florian Hall kickoff. “He [...]
In 2013, Linda Dorcena Forry was engaged in a bitter special election battle against a fellow state representative, Nick Collins, for a suddenly vacant state Senate seat. She won by a mere 378 votes. Five years later, it’s Forry who is leaving the seat in the middle of a state Senate term, prompting a special [...]
Article originally appeared in South Boston Today State Representative Dan Hunt (D-Dorchester) has announced he is supporting fellow House member Nick Collins for the First Suffolk Senate seat. “Nick Collins has been a tremendous partner in government” said Rep Hunt. “I know he will do an outstanding job our as our next state senator representing Dorchester, Mattapan, South Boston and [...]
Making the Seaport accessible to all By Nick Collins and Linda Dorcena Forry DECEMBER 29, 2017 While the explosion of development and commerce in the Seaport District is exciting, it is undeniable that communities of color are not part of the current boom. The neighborhood was a blank slate 15 years ago, when it [...]
