Employer group balks at fees to prop up MassHealth
Associated Industries of Massachusetts, which represents 4,000 employers, plans to submit a bill to the Legislature this month that would end the fees right away ? one year early.
Associated Industries of Massachusetts, which represents 4,000 employers, plans to submit a bill to the Legislature this month that would end the fees right away ? one year early.
The former Massachusetts governor and Utah senator-elect chastised the president in an op-ed for The Washington Post.
When officials at the University of Utah invited Joe Biden to speak there in December, Biden?s representatives listed a number of requirements for the appearance.
A lawsuit alleging widespread sexual misconduct and assault by three former psychology professors shook Dartmouth last month. Now, the campus is grappling with its next steps.
Police in Washington, D.C., say a U.S. Marine has been shot and killed inside of the Marine Barracks in Washington.
After an unexpectedly bad year for the stock market, investors are looking for clues about what 2019 will bring.
The Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands group launched its 40th year with an annual trip on the water.
Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are expected to attend a briefing on border security at the White House as the government remains partially shut down.
The deceased victim identified as Judith Mauretti, 72, of Fall River, was killed, and a second person was critically injured, after the car they were in crashed into a complex and sparked a six-alarm fire.
Across India, nuns talk about being groped and kissed, of hands pressed against them by men they were raised to believe were representatives of Jesus Christ.
Ben Volin | On Football
The man in charge of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, which helped establish the Rooney Rule, doesn?t believe the system is broken.
Here are five faces to watch come Jan. 2, when they?re sworn in for the first time as state legislators.
An experimental cystic fibrosis drug by Boston-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals can?t come soon enough for Robert Coughlin, president of MassBio. His son has the disease.
Rethink Robotics and Universal Robots faced off in the booming global market for collaborative robots, or ?cobots.? Only one of them survived.
The New Horizons spacecraft has survived the most distant exploration of another world ? a tiny, icy object 4 billion miles away.
The streaming service pulled an episode of ?Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj? in Saudi Arabia after the kingdom complained that the episode violated its cybercrime laws.
WORK SPACE
As a food stylist, Monica Mariano elevates humble ingredients to glam status.
Ms. Langton wrote children?s books and a series of mystery novels.
CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER
Nearly two dozen college players with designs on being selected in the 2019 draft have skipped their bowl games to preserve their health.
The Texas football program?s mascot, a longhorn steer named Bevo, knocked down its barricade and briefly charged in the direction of Georgia?s mascot, a bulldog name Uga.
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT | ON HOCKEY
In a 28-second span in the second period, the four-time Selke Trophy winner put the Bruins in charge in the 2019 NHL Winter Classic.
BRUINS NOTEBOOK
Torey Krug enlisted the services of a tailor to help the team look its best for the game at Notre Dame Stadium.
Opinion | Lori Trahan
The 116th Congress needs to fix our political structure and restore faith in democracy.
Opinion | Karen E. Spilka
As the state Senate opens its first session of the 191st General Court on Wednesday, that call to action feels more urgent than ever.
EDITORIAL
Congratulations ? and condolences ? to Steve Poftak, the new general manager of the MBTA. Not that he asked, but here?s a a to-do list.
The Big Picture
Marie Cajuste couldn?t ignore it any more. She had noticed a hard lump in her left breast about a year before, but kept the discovery to herself. She literally could not afford to be sick.
The unthinkable has been an all-too-common companion in two small neighboring towns, where six young people took their lives in the short span of 30 months. The questions keep coming: What is happening? Why? When will it stop?
The story of a profoundly troubled young man and the ugly underside of America?s most popular sport.
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The season is not quite halfway over, and their push toward the playoffs promises to be intriguing.
With temperatures in the 50s, the L Street Brownies in South Boston held their annual new year?s swim ? one of the country?s oldest and most popular.
19 Ned's Point Road is listed for $2,495,000. This Nantucket-style home, boasting 12 rooms and set on a 1.1-acre lot, might make you feel like you're on island time.
Elizabeth Warren met with reporters outside her Cambridge home after announcing that she had taken the expected step of forming an exploratory committee.
Six people were killed in a train accident early Wednesday on a Danish bridge linking the central islands of Zealand and Funen, according to the rail operator.
Charlemont is one of several municipalities in Western Massachusetts puzzling over how to ensure that decisions about connectivity stay in local hands.
For those who have been anxiously awaiting the release date of the third season of ?Stranger Things,? your wait is over.
We hear repeatedly that the United States has the safest food supply in the world. But with all these recalls, how can that possibly be true?
An MIT computer scientist is developing an immersive VR app that could let a user pump breast milk more enjoyably and effectively.
In a special bonus episode, Meredith Goldstein explores what happens to summer romance when the summer ends, and ?Wet Hot American Summer? creator David Wain shares a girl-crazy memory from his own camp days.
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Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.