No new taxes: It?s Governor Baker?s most sacrosanct policy position. But the bill that calls for a family and medical leave program would be funded by an $800 million payroll tax.
General Electric preparing to sell off more parts GE will spin off its health care business and sell its stake in the oil services company Baker Hughes, according to the Wall Street Journal.
5 Methuen police captains would make $432k. Outage ensues The pay increases were approved by the City Council in 2017, but officials had a change of heart. The captains would be among the highest-paid public employees in the commonwealth.
Advocates criticize parole board?s record in recent years Since Dominic Cinelli killed a Woburn police officer in 2010, the number of people released on parole has remained consistently low, critics say.
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Campus sustainability teams are working to reuse, sell, or donate gently used goods left over at the end of the year.
Does Atul Gawande have prescription for our health care system? The best-selling author and surgeon will lead the health care startup backed by Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos, and Jamie Dimon that wants to revolutionize medical care in the US.
This Green Line groundbreaking was the real deal At last, work is starting on the long-promised 4.7-mile transit line that will run through Somerville and Medford.
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Wednesday?s work action is intended to draw attention to contract negotiations with 31 hotels around the city.
Uneven progress in Dudley Square blamed on long-vacant storefronts The prominent vacancies underscore the difficulty city officials and activists face in completing the business district?s revival.
Former State Police official?s sentence exceeded DA?s request Denise Ezekiel, 50, of Holbrook, was sentenced to 2½ years of probation and ordered to pay back the money she stole and perform 100 hours of community service.
South Shore Red Line riders may get some relief from rate hikes The MBTA planned to raise the daily parking fee at Braintree and Quincy Adams stations to $10 on Aug. 1. Now it?s reconsidering.
Baker says probe into son will be handled by US attorney?s office A.J. Baker was accused of groping another passenger last week on a JetBlue flight to Logan Airport.
These gongs are going . . . going . . . gone Someone is stealing bells and gongs from buoys along the Maine coast ? arduous thefts that require special tools, considerable navigation skills, and a lot of chutzpah.
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What happens when your meal is served with a side of politics? Restaurateurs say navigating that question can be difficult.
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Yelp reviews by President Trump: ?This place is the best place!? McDonald?s would score high. Other restaurants, not so much.
Michael A. Cohen
Thanks, Red Hen, for kicking out Sarah Huckabee Sanders Protesting the barbarism of Trump?s administration must take precedent over the political civility of a normal, functioning democracy.
Here?s how Sarah Huckabee Sanders addressed the incident The White House press secretary began Monday?s briefing by talking about the incident right from the start.
?I can?t help myself whenever I see Charles,? Russell tweeted.
Jimmy Fallon and Donald Trump continue back and forth Fallon spent the entire ?Tonight Show? opening monologue going after Trump, who?d tweeted that Fallon should ?be a man.?
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Aly Raisman: ?I?m constantly reliving my abuse? ?In the past few months, I?ve barely worked out, which for someone who loves working out, that?s saying a lot,? the Needham native told The Improper Bostonian.
PETER ABRAHAM
The Red Sox should make moves now, not in July Improving the roster before the All-Star break could make a difference in winning the division or settling for the wild card.
The Big Picture
Life in the cheap seats at Fenway Park Baseball is never boring in the bleachers. Just ask the Red Sox players who are out there.
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Aaron Hernandez?s former fiancée has a baby Shayanna Jenkins Hernandez delivered the baby at a Rhode Island hospital June 16.
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Margaret Baba Diri, a member of Uganda?s parliament, uses her position to advocate for people with disabilities.
He worked on covert missions during WWII, and now he?s been honored Until a decade ago, no one ? not even his family ? knew what Martin Gelb?s wartime assignment entailed.
Chicopee police pulled over a pickup truck Monday because it had an unsecured load. The same driver was cited last week for the same infraction, police said.
Top Democratic senator on Mueller probe: ?If you think you?ve seen wild stuff so far, buckle up? Virginia?s Mark Warner made the comments at a weekend fund-raiser on Martha?s Vineyard.
Lexington?s Frank Heart, who helped develop Internet?s predecessor, remembered Heart, who oversaw development of the first routing computer for the Arpanet, died Sunday. He was 89.
Adding Tavares would seem to be at loggerheads with the fact Boston has money tied up in a few hard-to-move pieces.
5 things to know as the World Cup escalates Everything you need to know about crazy tiebreaker scenarios, the ?Bling-bling gang,? and Argentina?s moment of silence.
Online tax bills are hugely complicated ? more than you ever knew ? and small firms are finding that out A recent Supreme Court decision has many online small businesses worried.
EDITORIAL
Veterans charged with crimes shouldn?t get free pass There is nothing valorous about an act of domestic violence.
IDEAS | THE BIG TECH ISSUE
Why Facebook and Google should pay you for your data Users? clicks and posts built Facebook and Google?s online empires. Isn?t it time they got paid for their labor?
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?Runnin?,? now available for purchase on Vimeo, takes an intimate look at a group of friends in Somerville who came of age as the opioid epidemic took hold and morphed into a national nightmare. It retraces the lives of friends lost, and one last member of the group struggling to avoid the same fate.
Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.
Love Letters Podcast
Getting over a breakup Meredith Goldstein explores how to move on when a relationship ends.
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The Red Sox have no better alternative than to appreciate his defense while waiting a little longer for his bat to awaken.
Tommy Chang denied the Boston district provided any information regarding a student?s immigration status.
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Sales of new U.S. homes jumped 6.7 percent in May, with purchases in the South accounting for all of the monthly gains.
It?s brought a new version of an age-old question: How far left are candidates willing to go?
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A nine-day road rally for vintage cars is rolling 2,300 miles across New York and New England, with dozens of drivers competing for $150,000 in prizes
In another case, the justices rejected a constitutional challenge to new voting districts in Texas.
More than 400 Mass. residents stopped receiving checks, according to the secretary of state?s office.
The sales are part of an agreement with the state to raise $55 million toward funding the Pittsfield institution.
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Spring House Hunt: Should parents buy property in a college town? As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.
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Baseball is never boring in the bleachers. Just ask the Red Sox players who are out there.
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