Spring 2016
Why Massachusetts struggles in startup competition
LAST WEEK, the federal government announced that Cambridge will be one of three hubs for ARPA-H, a new research funding agency for the health care sector. This is great news […]
House OKs pay range disclosure bill
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE MASSACHUSETTS Legislature unanimously passed a law in 2016 to address the yawning gap between the wages paid to men and women doing the same work, […]
Boston city council approves controversy-plagued police grantsÂ
AFTER REJECTING state funding for a Boston police intelligence unit multiple times over the past two years because of concerns that a gang database it maintains has racially profiled Black […]
Boston business leader speaks out in support of police grants
DETAILS OVER THE inner workings of the Boston Police Department are not the usual focus of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. But after watching a two-year standoff over whether […]
Healey announces 3-state offshore wind procurement
NERVOUS ABOUT rising prices for offshore wind power, the states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut are banding together to solicit larger wind farm projects that hopefully will come with […]
Tax relief makes Mass. more affordable
LAST WEEK, the Legislature passed the Commonwealth’s largest tax relief bill in a generation – and today Gov. Maura Healey will sign the bill into law. The culmination of more than […]
Arriving Haitians want to work — let’s cut the red tape that’s stopping them
BEFORE HE FLED to Boston from the chaos and violence engulfing Haiti, Johnny L. was a physician. While waiting for his US work permit and learning English at Jewish Vocational […]
Healey greenlighting state tax breaks
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE GOV. MAURA HEALEY’S office on Tuesday announced the governor will sign into law a wide-ranging tax relief package lawmakers sent her last week, punctuating more than […]
Electric grid operator seeks tighter regulation of natural gas industry
THE PRESIDENT of New England’s power grid operator is urging Congress to start regulating the natural gas industry more closely to increase the reliability of both gas and electricity service. […]
Advocates press Healey to scrap Hanscom expansion
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE IN A NEW SURGE of opposition, advocates are calling directly on Gov. Maura Healey to stop the expansion of the publicly owned airfield in Bedford that […]
Open the doors to closed juvenile sessions
THE APPARENT DEATH of Harmony Montgomery following her placement with her father in New Hampshire has fueled emotionally charged discussions regarding what happened in court, legal questions about the Interstate […]
Fidelity fined $750,000 for failing to vet customers properly
MASSACHUSETTS REGULATORS on Monday fined Fidelity Brokerage Services $750,000 for failing to properly vet customers who applied to be approved for more risky options and margin trading. Secretary of State […]