Roughly a dozen cities and towns in Massachusetts are asking lawmakers for permission to impose a local transfer tax on the sale of real estate to raise revenue for affordable housing. Continue reading →
Unable to continue borrowing, the federal government would have to rely only on incoming revenue to pay its bills — and there isn’t nearly enough money on most days. Continue reading →
For those hoping to trade the demands of modern life for a no-frills shanty with sweeping views of the Atlantic, a place to reconnect with nature, revel in solitude, and concentrate on creative pursuits, here’s your chance. Continue reading →
A wave of unionization at Massachusetts companies like a Trader Joe’s in Hadley and a Hyatt Centric hotel in downtown Boston are running into frustration as initial contract talks drag on — and on. Continue reading →
The Biden administration is preparing to lift an emergency health rule that has been used to prevent hundreds of thousands of migrants from entering the United States, setting the stage for what could be a new immigration surge. Continue reading →
Weeks after revelations that migrant children are being regularly exploited for cheap labor in the United States prompted bipartisan outrage and calls to action on Capitol Hill, Congress has moved no closer to addressing the issue, which has become mired in a longrunning partisan war over immigration policy. Continue reading →
The idea of later school start times, pushed by many over the years as a way to help adolescents get more sleep, is getting a new look as a way to address the mental health crisis affecting teens across the United States. Continue reading →
The decision to charge Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records — and no other crimes — highlights the unique nature of the case, the first indictment of a former US president. Continue reading →
The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group said Sunday that he had been promised as much ammunition and weaponry as needed to continue the fight for the embattled Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, two days after he threatened to withdraw his fighters because Moscow’s Ministry of Defense was failing to support them. Continue reading →
A new sound wafts through the open windows at night in this town near the front line: children hollering at each other down the block, even long after dark. Continue reading →
Arab nations agreed on Sunday to allow Syria to rejoin the Arab League, taking a crucial step toward ending the country’s international ostracism more than a decade after it was suspended from the group over its use of ruthless force against its own people. Continue reading →
Remote work is here to stay, including for state employees. But taxpayers have a right to expect some kinds of state workers to be available in person. Continue reading →
Reading these cases, it’s hard not to conclude that the disclosures to which Thomas objects and the concerns about judicial integrity that he dismisses are of a kind with the omissions on his own financial reporting forms. Continue reading →
This resistance is built on the unity between renters and small owners (all our neighbors!) against corporate greed. Together we fight for new anti-displacement policies. Continue reading →
Local 170 business agent Jim Marks said the Teamsters were still in bargaining talks with NRT over the Marlborough and Westborough contracts Sunday night. Continue reading →
The Massachusetts’ chapter of the Council of American-Islamic Relations is reporting a 72 percent jump in requests for its help from parents and students experiencing an Islamophobia incident in public schools. Continue reading →
Thousands of Northeastern University students, their friends and family filled Fenway Park Sunday for the school’s 121st commencement, and its third straight ceremony held at the iconic ballpark. Continue reading →
“We came in as Black women and walked out as respected journalists,” Ms. Osgood said of the groundbreaking status she shared with a few other Black reporters at the Globe in the 1970s. Continue reading →
“We came in as Black women and walked out as respected journalists,” Ms. Osgood said of the groundbreaking status she shared with a few other Black reporters at the Globe in the 1970s. Continue reading →
Michelle Wu became the first sitting mayor of Boston to appear as a soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, during the orchestra’s free Concert for the City event. Continue reading →
The game of chance has been enjoyed in school classrooms, church basements, and charity drives, but bingo in New England is offering entirely new experiences. Continue reading →
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