Mass. may tell Amazon to charge sales tax
The move would raise prices for online shoppers, but generate as much as $45 million in annual revenue for the state, according to people briefed on the matter.
The move would raise prices for online shoppers, but generate as much as $45 million in annual revenue for the state, according to people briefed on the matter.
In an unusual public spat, Governor Deval Patrick and University of Massachusetts President Robert Caret are quarreling over a proposal that would raise UMass fees by 4.9 percent.
Though GOP Senator Scott Brown and Democrat Elizabeth Warren agreed to their first two primetime TV debates, they are at loggerheads over the rest of the schedule.
Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray will meet with investigators looking into abuses at the Chelsea Housing Authority, whose former director was a close political ally.
Bob Ryan | Game 5: Celtics 94, Heat 90
With their 94-90 Game 5 victory, the Celtics have taken three games in succession, leaving them one home win away from a total surprise berth in the NBA Finals.
Developers outlined the broad concepts behind a billion-dollar reinvention of the racetrack into a luxury gambling resort under the Caesars Entertainment brand.
Brian McGrory
Richard Fields, the face of Suffolk Downs, and Gary Loveman, the CEO of Caesars Entertainment, which would run the proposed casino, make for an odd pair.
On the tired streets near the track in East Boston and Revere, the concept of building a casino was generally embraced, though some residents worried about an increase in crime.
A radical new television set, which allows two people wearing special glasses to watch different programs on the same screen, was shown in Boston Tuesday.
Globe Insiders Event | June 19, 6 p.m.
Join Dina Rudick, Globe photographer, videographer, and host and producer of bostonglobe.com’s Back Story, for a conversation about her work.
Jarrod Saltalammachia’s two-run homer in the ninth kept the Red Sox in the game, but the bullpen coughed up two runs in the 10th as the Orioles won, 8-6.
Planning to retire in just a year, Officer Kevin Ambrose, 56, was shot and killed in the line of duty Monday afternoon while responding to a domestic call.
We asked business leaders at Boston College’s Chief Executives’ Club of Boston luncheon Tuesday to talk about how the uncertainty is affecting their companies.
Republican Scott Walker became the first governor in US history to stay in office after a recall challenge, defeating Democrat Tom Barrett in a replay of the 2010 election.
The nation’s school districts are turning up their noses at “pink slime,’’ the beef product that caused a public uproar earlier this year.
The following list, organized by town, offers some pick-your-own strawberry farms.