Archive for February 2021

Beginning Monday, restaurants, retailers, gyms, offices and certain other venues statewide will be limited to 40% capacity, rather than 25%. Indoor gatherings will remain capped at 10 people, and outdoor gatherings at 25 people, as has been the case since Dec. 26. Read More

The coronavirus pandemic has upended many of the long-held assumptions in higher ed, and schools from Boston to Boise are scrambling to unpack the bloated portfolios of programs and degree tracks now weighing on their bottom lines. Read More

Mayor Marty Walsh has simply made the development process better and more inclusive. During this transition, until a new Mayor is elected, the business and development community needs to support Acting Mayor Kim Janey as she takes the helm. Read More

House Speaker Ronald Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka announced Wednesday evening they will create a trio of new standing committees in the 2021-2022 session aimed at specific areas that they feel require "sustained attention and policy expertise." Those committees will focus on Covid-19 oversight and emergency management, racial equity, and cybersecurity. Mariano said in…

The two-term mayor and longtime labor leader is President Joe Biden’s pick for labor secretary. His hearing, before the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, is scheduled for 10 a.m. If Walsh’s nomination clears the committee, it will go to the full Senate, and a vote could happen quickly, as senators move through Biden’s…

Email and data security company Mimecast Ltd. said it is cutting 4% of its workforce "to increase investment in strategic growth areas," according to public flings. Read More

"A strong return, so to speak, is a shot in the arm to pension security for our beneficiaries in this time of so much struggle and uncertainty," said Michael Trotsky, executive director and chief investment officer of the Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board. Read More

Greentown Labs announced plans to expand into Houston in June 2020. Read More

New year, new record: Harvard i-lab, home to an accelerator program for startups run by Harvard students and alumni, has welcomed 427 companies into its 2021 Spring Venture Program. Read More