Previously, these services were only available at the Jamaica Plain campus, so the new clinic makes them more accessible for Brockton-area patients.

He lost his job — helping war-scarred veterans in Central Massachusetts at the VA Veterans Center in Springfield — earlier this month.

Boston College scored the go-ahead and eventual game-winning run in the eighth on an RBI groundout by right fielder Jack Toomey. Left fielder Adam Magpoc and second baseman Vince Cimini both hit singles in the prior two at-bats.

In back-to-back votes, Boston City Council unanimously supports resolutions to condemn Veteran Affairs and National Institute of Health cuts.

The Massachusetts secretary of state’s office has ordered an overhaul of Boston’s elections practices after some city precincts didn’t initially have enough printed ballots on Election Day in November.

The Trump administration’s move to end hundreds of VA contracts — initially paused after public outcry — and ongoing layoffs are affecting the nation’s veterans, a critical and politically influential constituency.