Archive for March 2022

Good morning, Boston. Here are the five things you need to know to start your busy workday, plus Ned Johnson’s eye for art, Good News Tuesday, and Mayor Wu’s plan to get you back downtown. Read More

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology said will reinstate a requirement that undergraduate students take standardized tests as part of its admissions process, bucking a trend of many schools moving away from the SAT and ACT. Read More

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said she’s considering creating "a hardship waiver" for some businesses and other measures to alleviate the $7,500 fee North End restaurants will have to pay to offer outdoor dining starting May 1. Read More

The funding will be used to expand the Nurse-1-1 team, increase its market efforts and scale its current partnerships. Read More

Good News Tuesday: National Grid Foundation focuses on helping its neighbors with food access, human services and emergency heating fund support by providing financial assistance to local communities impacted by Covid-19. Read More

LeftField, a Boston based Owner’s Project Manageme Read More

A proposal to divest state pension holdings in Russian-linked companies could still land on Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk under a $1.6 billion supplemental budget plan. Read More

Who better to turn to than those who are on the front lines? Read More

The mayor is moving forward with plans to make it easier to convert office space — specifically, Class C space — into residential uses downtown, one part of a larger effort to revitalize the neighborhood more than two years into the pandemic. Read More

The unemployment rate in Massachusetts ticked down a notch to 4.7% in February. Read More