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Lawmakers working to avoid minimum wage, paid leave ballot question
January 31, 2018Two key Democrats in the House and Senate are working to make sure voters don't have to decide whether a $15 minimum wage and guaranteed paid family and medical leave is good public policy, but it's another group holding all the cards.
January 31, 2018
Framingham mill slated for renovation sells for $3.75M
January 25, 2018The Bancroft Building, a mill building on a Framingham site slated for 258 units of housing, has sold for $3.75 million.
January 25, 2018
Lelling reinforces DOJ stance on cannabis
January 24, 2018Opioid crimes are his top drug enforcement priority, but U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling told reporters Wednesday that his enforcement of federal marijuana laws could ensnare anyone from an hourly wage employee at a marijuana dispensary to a bank that
January 24, 2018
Fantasy sports bill includes tax, panel
January 23, 2018With the legal status of daily fantasy sports set to expire in about five months, Sen. Eileen Donoghue has proposed making the popular fantasy contests permanently legal, putting the Massachusetts Gaming Commission in charge of overseeing the
January 23, 2018
Small biz owners urge Baker for relief
January 22, 2018Small business owners are appealing to Gov. Charlie Baker for relief from rising labor costs, urging him to tackle spending side pressures on employers when he delivers his State of the State address Tuesday evening.
January 22, 2018
More women needed in STEM
January 22, 2018Women make up half of the American labor force, yet there are fields, particularly STEM, where women continue to be vastly underrepresented.
January 22, 2018
The Massachusetts pot industry anxious after threats of federal crackdown
January 22, 2018Marijuana companies can begin applying for Massachusetts recreational licenses in April and open stores in July, but federal changes this month indicating a shift toward a strict application of federal drug law law are threatening to derail the
January 22, 2018Mass. online sales tax strategy eyed as SCOTUS hears case
January 17, 2018A dispute over whether states should be able to require online retailers to collect and remit state sales taxes is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court, but Massachusetts' approach to the issue is being eyed as a new strategy in the event the court
January 17, 2018
Cannabis enforcement threat may result in bigger returns, CCC chair says
January 16, 2018The abrupt change in the federal government's approach to marijuana law enforcement means investors in the state-sanctioned Massachusetts pot market could see bigger returns on their investments, according to the state's chief regulator.
January 16, 2018
SBA appoints new New England administrator
January 15, 2018The U.S. Small Business Administration has a new regional administrator for New England, Wendell Davis, a Connecticut resident.
January 15, 2018
3Cross Brewing Co. becomes cooperative
January 9, 2018Worcester beermaker 3Cross Brewing Co. is now a cooperative owned by its three employees and will soon make an offer to customers to buy a stake in the co-op.
January 9, 2018
Accolades & honors
January 8, 2018Diana Lados, Milton Prince Higgins II distinguished associate professor of mechanical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the founder and director of WPI's Integrative Materials Design Center, was elected a fellow o
January 8, 2018
U.S. AG Sessions' new policy complicates legal cannabis industry
January 5, 2018The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission plans to forge ahead in developing a legal marijuana market in Massachusetts, despite uncertainty generated Thursday by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' rescission of an Obama-era policy that
January 5, 2018
Secretary of State urges LLC caution
December 27, 2017Hoping to cash in on the new federal tax law, some Bay State workers have shown a growing interest in forming limited liability companies in time for the tax year that starts Monday, but a top state official is urging them to look before they LLC.
December 27, 2017Marijuana proponents pleased with draft regulations
December 26, 2017The draft regulations proposed by the Cannabis Control Commission to govern all aspects of non-medical marijuana were well-received Thursday by the group behind the successful 2016 ballot question to legalize marijuana.
December 26, 2017
Mass. Dems introduce net neutrality bill
December 20, 2017Two Merrimack Valley Democrats have introduced a bill that would prevent broadband providers from tiering access to the internet after federal regulators voted last week to lift the Obama-era protections on net neutrality.
December 20, 2017
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