Archive for January 2023

The mayor plans to move city planning from the agency to a new department within City Hall within a year, while reforming the development approval process at the BPDA. Read More

Making housing and healthcare more affordable are the most important issues state leaders should prioritize, according to the Massachusetts Latino community. Read More

Corvus Insurance recently made layoffs impacting a swath of U.S. employees, while also stating its intention to expand its "European and UK footprint." Read More

The Massachusetts High Technology Council’s next public policy leader previously worked for Charlie Baker as deputy chief of staff and policy director, and then as a senior adviser. Read More

A similar push for the Zero Carbon Renovation Fund stalled in the State House last year. Read More

The restaurant industry’s most prestigious honor, the James Beard Awards, has announced its 2023 semifinalists, including lots of entries from the Boston area and across New England. Read More

One recurring theme when we’ve asked business leaders to weigh in on the challenges ahead for 2023 has been dealing with the unintended consequences of actions that sound good on the surface, but end up undermining other efforts. Read More

After 30 years supporting the Greater Boston startup community, The Capital Network is about to begin a national expansion under its new leader. Get to know Kat Lawlor and her plan for the nonprofit. Read More

Gov. Maura Healey has tapped Kate Walsh, president and CEO of Boston Medical Center, to lead the state’s sprawling health and human services secretariat, the largest department in state government, according to a source familiar with the search. Read More

Good morning! Here are the 5 Things You Need to Know in Boston business news to start your workday, plus where Eric Lesser is going, who made the first transcontinental call, and what Lego’s move to Boston means for the city. Read More