THE CITY OF BOSTON, Harvard, and Boston University are pledging $300 million toward the development of the $1.9 billion I-90 Allston multimodal project, which would pave the way for development […]
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Posted inEconomy, Energy, Government
Everett grid ‘insurance’ cost $536m over first 13 months
NEW ENGLAND electricity customers paid $536 million during the first year of a two-year contract to prop up a power plant and liquefied natural gas facility in Everett as a […]
Posted inEducation
Four big mistakes government makes in economic development — and how to avoid them
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT has launched its most ambitious investment in economic development since the Great Depression. With the CHIPS and Science Act, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and the Inflation Reduction […]
Posted inEconomy, Government, Immigration
Campbell, other AGs join call for feds to speed migrant work approvals
ONE WEEK AFTER Gov. Maura Healey declared a state of emergency regarding the migrant crisis, including a call for more expedited federal work authorizations, Attorney General Andrea Campbell and 18 […]
Posted inPolitics
Ballot face-off over gig workers looms
TWO YEARS AGO, Massachusetts braced itself for what was expected to be the most expensive ballot measure campaign in the state’s history. That question, brought by ride-hailing companies to classify […]
Posted inEconomy
Universal free school meals should be permanent in Massachusetts
AS GOV. MAURA HEALEY reviews the budget sent to her by the state Legislature, families and schools across Massachusetts anxiously await news of the fate of funding of school meals […]
Posted inOpinion
Rein in the power of Visa, Mastercard
AS MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS face higher and higher costs of living and stubbornly high prices for gas, food, beverages, and other staple items, a bi-partisan coalition of senators is looking to […]
Posted inEconomy
Unemployment rate hits lowest monthly level since 1976
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE MASSACHUSETTS ECONOMY continues to hum along in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic’s disruption, a trend that business leaders and analysts say could forecast more […]
Posted inEconomy, Opinion
Here’s how to get people back to work, off unemployment faster
IT IS PROBABLY too early for Gov. Maura Healey to be thinking about her legacy, but we have a suggestion for how she could make her mark on Massachusetts. The […]
Posted inEconomy, Housing, Opinion
Don’t buy the hype: Lots of people want to live here
“NOBODY GOES THERE anymore. It’s too crowded.” — Yogi Berra. Recent figures on the outmigration of Massachusetts residents are generating headlines about families “fleeing” a Commonwealth that is not remaining […]
Posted inEconomy
Massachusetts can win the new world of work
MASSACHUSETTS CAN WIN in the new world of work. That is the message that emerged from the Massachusetts Business Roundtable’s third annual Talent and Competitiveness Survey of its member CEOs […]
Posted inCourts, Economy, Opinion
Apprenticeships offer debt-free career path
IT’S A SIMPLE FACT — when workers have access to good-paying union jobs with family-sustaining benefits and strong worker protections, they don’t just lift up themselves, they lift up entire […]
Posted inEconomy
Spilka outlines a different vision of competitiveness
SENATE PRESIDENT Karen Spilka delivered a speech to a leading business group on Thursday staking out a different stance on competitiveness than Gov. Maura Healey, the House, and the state’s […]
Posted inEconomy, Energy
Eversource’s view appears to depend on where it sits
NEW YORK wind farm developers earlier this week said they needed more money from ratepayers to get their projects off the ground, which had to be a tad embarrassing for […]
Posted inEconomy
Senate tax plan has different take on competitiveness
THE MASSACHUSETTS SENATE is taking a different tack on tax reform than the House or Gov. Maura Healey, going with a smaller overall package and a slightly different philosophy on […]
Posted inEconomy
A race to keep up – or to the bottom?
MARCH WAS “Problem Gambling Awareness Month” in Massachusetts, but for those in charge of the state lottery the gambling problem coming into the new year was that people weren’t doing […]
Posted inEconomy
A race to keep up – or to the bottom? Lottery bets big on $50 scratch ticket, online games.
MARCH WAS “Problem Gambling Awareness Month” in Massachusetts, but for those in charge of the state lottery the gambling problem coming into the new year was that people weren’t doing […]
Posted inEconomy, Housing, Opinion
Denting the housing problem with dorms
HOW CAN GOVERNMENT impact the high cost of housing? The current debate in Massachusetts so far has focused on supply-side solutions: zoning reform to allow creation of new, multi-unit […]
Posted inEconomy
Senate debate highights fault lines on competitiveness issue
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE SENATE’S TOP Republican opted against seeking a vote Thursday on a roughly $750 million tax relief proposal, but set off a debate that revealed some […]
Posted inEconomy, Government, Marijuana
Social consumption cannabis plans get a retooling
IT’S BEEN SEVEN YEARS since Massachusetts legalized recreational marijuana, but there’s still a lengthy road ahead before someone can sit down in a cannabis cafe, pop an edible or break […]
Posted inEconomy
Mass. economic growth slows, projected to go negative
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE MASSACHUSETTS SQUEAKED OUT a smidgen of economic growth in the first quarter of 2023, slowing substantially from its late 2022 growth rate, and analysts are predicting […]
Posted inEconomy
State economic development plan must include entrepreneurs of color
STATE LAW REQUIRES the governor to present the Legislature with an economic development strategy every four years. Crafted with input from a council of business and civic leaders, these plans […]
Posted inEconomy, Gambling, Opinion
An online lottery will hurt Main Street retailers
LOCALLY OWNED retail stores are rightfully up in arms about inclusion of an online lottery in the House fiscal 2024 budget. As demonstrated through testimony before the Legislature’s Joint Committee […]
Posted inEconomy
Split-in-two committee to hold dueling hearings this week
Those interested in testifying on bills dealing with offshore wind and energy storage may have to do double-duty this week. The feuding House and Senate chairs of the Legislature’s Telecommunications, […]
