Both Annissa Essaibi George and Michelle Wu say they are up to the challenge of overhauling the Boston Public Schools system, and neither wants the district to be taken over by the state. Continue reading →
The rapid growth of biotech labs in Greater Boston might end up saving the region’s commercial real estate market, if not its entire economy, from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. But that doesn’t mean everyone wants one to open next door. Continue reading →
A proposal to expand Medicare to cover dental, hearing, and vision benefits is in danger of falling from the tax-and-spending package rapidly taking shape in Congress. A framework to expand Medicaid to cover Americans in a dozen mostly Southern states has also been reworked. Continue reading →
This administrative arrest data is considered one of the best gauges of ICE activity because interior enforcement is entirely under the agency’s control, unlike deportations and other metrics that rise and fall with migration trends at the Mexico border. Continue reading →
A year after the coronavirus pandemic hammered undergraduate enrollment, many colleges and universities are still reporting a decline in people pursuing degrees this semester. Continue reading →
The latest plans by the nations of the world to tackle climate change over the next decade fall far short of what’s needed to avert a dangerous rise in global temperatures, according to a United Nations report released Tuesday. Continue reading →
After months of debate and delay, the Australian government on Tuesday promised to reach “net zero” emissions by 2050, unveiling a plan built on hope and investment in low-emissions technologies. Continue reading →
A day after he seized power in Sudan, the country’s top general said Tuesday that he was detaining the civilian prime minister in his own home and defended the coup as necessary for stability — even as large crowds of protesters flooded the streets of the capital and other major cities to resist the military takeover. Continue reading →
One of the miraculous things about Dutch 17th-century still-life paintings is the paradoxical way that they make time stand still, while at the same time reminding you that time is always moving. Continue reading →
It would make a mockery of the Biden administration’s human rights agenda to ease up on China’s bullying of Taiwan or oppression of its Muslim minority for the sake of climate and trade agreements. Continue reading →
Between Mass. and Cass, troubled schools, and leadership questions for the police department, the new mayor will have her hands full immediately. Continue reading →
Massachusetts education leaders have extended the universal mask mandate for most public schools through Jan. 15, 2022, the state announced on Tuesday. Continue reading →
More than 200 City of Boston workers were placed on unpaid leave Tuesday for their noncompliance with COVID-19 requirements, meaning they failed to either verify their vaccination status or show proof of a weekly, negative test for the virus. Continue reading →
Boston-based Vantage is hoping to draw guests — some of whom may be wary of cruise ship travel because of the pandemic — with a far-smaller headcount than those found on larger cruise lines and an array of high-end amenities. Continue reading →
When MetLife recently released a new list of 57 “lost” pensioners in Massachusetts, the secretary of state’s office once again took it upon itself to conduct its own search, this time locating six of them, plus the beneficiary of another who had died, all of whom will now receive payments from MetLife. Continue reading →
Drivers in Massachusetts are now paying an average of $17 more than they did a year ago to fill up their tanks, said Mary Maguire, director of public and government affairs for AAA Northeast. Continue reading →
The restaurant has been much anticipated both because of the prime real estate and also because of the chef: Mark Ladner, who was for years one of Mario Batali’s biggest assets in New York. Continue reading →
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