Archive for June 2020

Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 1, 2020 – Cambridge Read More

From transit and water investments, to rural broadband and key projects like the South Coast Rail, or a creating viable transportation system to and from the Seaport, infrastructure investment would be a boon to all Massachusetts residents. Read More

A recent study found that 55% of the country’s $1 billion startup companies had at least one immigrant founder, according to the National Foundation for American Policy. Read More

Boston’s union construction site stand-down will begin at 8:46 a.m. on Friday, which is Juneteenth, marking the formal end of slavery in the United States. Read More

The state and municipalities now have an opportunity to be more flexible and creative than ever before in trying out new ways for restaurants to operate, by allowing outdoor dining areas on streets in some cases, in extending the permissible time for outdoor dining beyond Labor Day, and in streamlining the outdoor approval process. Read…

One analyst called the patent case loss “the biggest pivot point” for Biogen’s stock over the next year. Read More

The bill includes measures around telehealth services, out-of-network billing and scope of practice, according to a summary. It also directs a pair of state agencies, the Health Policy Commission and the Center for Health Information and Analysis, to analyze the pandemic’s short- and long-term effects on the health care system’s accessibility, quality and fiscal sustainability.…

When Trevor Arp took over as SVP of Comcast’s Greater Boston region in February, he planned to do a listening tour with company leadership, rank and file and other area business leaders. But as the pandemic grew, that plan got shelved. Read More

This is part of the newest legislative attempt to alter the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program. Read More

As a toddler and undocumented immigrant, Talia Barrales crossed the border between the United States and Mexico. Today, she owns and runs Barrales Law, an all-Latina law firm in Boston that focuses on immigration, employment law and workers’ compensation. Read More