Boston-based Stone Living Lab is partnering with Living Seawalls, a 2021 Earthshot Prize finalist, for an ecological restoration project in Boston Harbor.
Op-ed: 15 of the 25 most diverse cities in Mass. have a commuter rail station. But the commuter rail is too expensive, infrequent and inconvenient. If we’re serious about an equity-focused economic recovery, we must make the system work for everyone.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is poised to nominate a new slate of members to the city’s Zoning Board of Appeal as soon as Monday, according to multiple sources inside City Hall.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is launching a program to give out $1 million in grants to help 25 "longstanding businesses" pay rent and other costs — an initiative meant to retain employers considered to be community pillars in the city.
The Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline has sold more advance tickets for both Barbie and Oppenheimer than any movie in its history. It, and other theaters, are rearranging schedules and rolling out the pink carpet for the double feature.
Nineteen top Black and Brown executives from General Electric Co., State Street Corp. and other major Massachusetts employers are launching a new fundraising operation that takes aim at systemic racism in Boston and across the state.
The Bay Area has its hacker houses for techies looking to create Silicon Valley synergy. Los Angeles has a Hype House mansion for TikTokers to make content. Now Cambridge has hopped onto this trend with its own biotech house for young scientists.
Taneshia Nash Laird is new to Boston, but is already making an impact growing access to arts and cultural amenities in Roxbury with a project she believes will leave a legacy.
“(We were) sidetracked by the politics of reefer madness," said Jay Broadhurst, chair of the Massachusetts Medical Society’s committee on public health."
Disability advocates say that the new policy disallows patients to ask medical staff to wear a mask in violation of federal disability anti-discrimination laws.
For Vanessa Jean-Baptiste, opening her recreational marijuana dispensary has been three years in the making. Legal Greens represents a number of milestones: First Black- and woman-owned cannabis dispensary on the East Coast.
The New England Free Jacks, a professional rugby team that plays in Quincy, has merged with a sports and entertainment agency also based in the city in a deal that the entities said will bring new programming and marketing.
Brooks Brothers, which bills itself as the oldest retailer in the U.S., is converting three factories, including one in Massachusetts, into a producer of medical supplies.
Just 15 minutes after the polls closed, with about 4% of precincts reported, Will MacArthur messaged his
@RiveraConsults
teammates on Slack: "Oh, it looks like it's going to be 65-35 for Michelle."
When Hawaiian Airlines launches its new nonstop service between Boston and Honolulu next April, it will become the longest regularly scheduled domestic route in U.S. history.
Join us to recognize
@EmilyLReichert
and learn her insights on leadership and business at the Women Who Mean Business awards this Tuesday at the Boston Harbor Hotel!
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Op-ed: The Trump administration is racing to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil and gas drilling, but any company that invests in drilling in this previously untouched region would be taking on significant reputational and economic risk.
Boston Children’s Hospital has maintained its standing among the nation’s highest-ranked pediatric hospitals, topping the list for the sixth year in a row in a ranking by the U.S. News & World Report rankings.
The Davis Cos. will provide a shuttered former acute-care hospital in Brighton, and Suffolk University is repurposing a downtown dormitory, in efforts to help the city of Boston battle the coronavirus pandemic among its homeless population.
Betty Francisco, general counsel at the nonprofit Compass Working Capital, is joining a capital fund focused on closing Greater Boston's racial wealth gap.
Major League Rugby's New England Free Jacks have signed a jersey-sponsorship deal with Lexington-based Alloy Therapeutics, whose CEO and founder is also a co-founder and owner of the team. Arbella Insurance also signed a team-sponsorship deal.
TB12, the health and wellness brand co-founded by Tom Brady and Alex Guerrero, has signed a licensing deal with an international sports, fashion, events and media company.
The state’s largest private employer has decided not to participate in President Donald Trump’s payroll tax deferral, saying it would put too much of a strain on employees.
The University of Massachusetts Medical School will be renamed following a $175 million donation from The Morningside Foundation — a gift that will more than double the endowment of the state’s only public medical school.
Congresswoman Katherine Clark said a lack of access to child care is "holding our economy hostage" and called for a shift in how the public views care and education of young children.
Fidelity, the Boston-based financial services giant and top 401(k) provider in the U.S., will be the first to offer crypto investing as part of retirement plans.
A robotics lab planned to open next summer at
@BU_Tweets
will allow for testing of robots capable of self-driving, search-and-rescue missions and aid in surgical operations.
A Superior Court judge indicated this week that he’s inclined to allow more wide-ranging depositions to take place than MIT would prefer in a lawsuit brought by a former researcher on the now-defunct OpenAg project.
A Cambridge startup that makes Covid diagnostic tests is giving away its first-ever profits to help STEM education and diversity efforts. "The right thing to do would be not to profit from these early products," said CEO Rahul Dhanda.