Archive for February 2021

Of the $50 million in the new fund, half will go to Black-owned or -managed businesses in Massachusetts, and half will go to technology and sustainability-focused firms outside of metro Boston. Read More

Lawmakers pressed Gov. Charlie Baker about the rollout of the state’s Covid-19 vaccine program during a hearing on Thursday, demanding accountability and apologies from the governor for problems with the appointment booking website and other uncertainty. Read More

With more than half of the $284 billion waiting to be disbursed under the Paycheck Protection Program extension, the question is will the new rules relating to who can qualify really make a difference if lenders are not onboard? Read More

Health care is moving beyond the four walls of a hospital to “any place it’s needed,” said one health system’s chief executive, whether it’s physician’s offices, community health centers, and “more and more in a patient’s home.” Read More

BBJ op-ed: Improving diversity in the workforce may be key to providing economic stability over time, writes Dr. Ellana Stinson, an emergency medicine physician and president of the New England Medical Association. Read More

A new report from the Eos Foundation, a philanthropic nonprofit in Massachusetts, has caught the attention of schools and equal-pay advocates alike in drawing conclusions around apparent gender-pay discrepancies on many of America’s most competitive college campuses. Read More

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker plans to advance the state to the second step of the reopening plan’s third phase on March 1 and — for the first time since the pandemic began — enter Phase 4 later that month. Read More

The appointment comes five months after basketball legend Michael Jordan joined the board with the same role. Read More

When four-year-old biotech startup Cellarity emerged from stealth in December 2019, it laid out an ambitious vision: to combine cellular biology with machine learning to develop treatments for all diseases. Now, several high-profile investors are joining founding investor Flagship Pioneering in supporting Cellarity’s approach. The startup just closed a $123 million Series B round from…

The board that manages the state’s $86.9 billion pension fund voted Wednesday morning to increase its standards for board diversity and equal employment opportunity at the thousands of companies it invests in. Read More