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Opinion
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New England Must Bank On New Skills
August 6, 2012At a recent conference, economists from around the region discussed the outlook for New England.
August 6, 2012Why You Need A Mobile Device Policy
August 6, 2012Whether you choose to embrace it or try to resist it, the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) trend is set to grow. A study by Cisco Systems found that 78 percent of white-collar workers in the U.S.
August 6, 2012
Home-Care Providers Need Pay Adjustment
July 9, 2012As the federal government considers removing or revising the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) companionship exemption for employees of home care companies, it should consider why the exemption was written in the first place.
July 9, 2012
Let Industry Take Lead On Recycling
July 9, 2012Exercising common sense, our lawmakers on Beacon Hill have chosen to be supportive of our state's businesses and our environment.
July 9, 2012
Narrow The Tax-Rate Gaps
June 25, 2012Worcester's recent commercial property revaluation and its effect on the business community shed new light on an ongoing issue: the dual tax rate.
June 25, 2012
Wanted: Companies To Hire Teens
June 25, 2012Teenagers who are looking for jobs are in trouble. The national unemployment rate for people ages 16 to 19 is 24.9 percent, which hasn't been seen since the Great Depression.
June 25, 2012
Right To Repair Preserves Customer Choice
June 10, 2012Like thousands of other people in Massachusetts, I signed the Right to Repair initiative petition, and I called my legislators to ask them to pass the law.
June 10, 2012
Right To Repair Is A Threat To Innovation
June 10, 2012After five years and millions of dollars spent on advertisements and lobbyists, proponents of "Right to Repair" still can't answer the serious questions or explain the concerns about their effort in Massachusetts.
June 10, 2012
Manufacturing’s New Mass. Momentum
May 29, 2012The continuing public perception that Worcester’s manufacturing sector is in decline was once again corrected in another recent economic study issued in April by the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program.
May 29, 2012
Natick Site, Devens Key For U.S., Mass.
May 29, 2012Collectively, military bases and defense and aerospace industries generate more than 120,000 jobs in the commonwealth.
May 29, 2012
Common Sense To Lower Health Costs
May 11, 2012The national discourse on health care reform has been a long time coming.
May 11, 2012
Repeal The Tax On Medical Devices
May 11, 2012In 2009, as the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act was taking shape, two schools of thought on how to pay for the unprecedented health care reforms were floating around Congress.
May 11, 2012- Viewpoint
How Court Ruling On Health Care Might Affect Mass. Firms
April 16, 2012Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court heard three days of oral arguments about the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
April 16, 2012 - Viewpoint
The Uncertainty Of Economic Data
April 16, 2012As though it's not difficult enough to divine what the future holds when making policy or business decisions, it's sometimes just as difficult to know what has happened in the past.
April 16, 2012 Mass. Needs Sick-Leave Mandate
April 2, 2012Regarding the March 19 article (Page One), "Sick-Leave Mandate Stirs III Wind": For the nearly 1 million Massachusetts workers and their families, proper health care is largely out of reach.
April 2, 2012
ViewpointHands Off Community Colleges
April 2, 2012Why is it that the natural impulse in Massachusetts -- to solve any problem -- is to create a bigger bureaucracy? The recent call to centralize the budgets, curriculum and oversight of the state's community colleges is a prime example.
April 2, 2012
