Archive for March 2025

  Downtown business leaders and residents have been upset with what they say are unsafe conditions in the neighborhood, including petty crimes, drug use and discarded needles.  Read More

  Citizens Bank has purchased the naming rights to a new 4,000-capacity entertainment venue in Pittsburgh that’s being developed by Live Nation Entertainment Inc. and its partner, Boston-based Fenway Sports Group.  Read More

  Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro called the oversight “an egregious operational breakdown” and has called for an audit of the commission.  Read More

  Angela Hwang says she’s rooted her career in a “passion for learning.” That passion took her from her childhood, growing up in apartheid South Africa, to a beer brewery, where she worked as a microbiologist, to becoming a healthcare consultant, all before her current roles in the pharma industry.  Read More

  Creating a cultural district is essential to build local community power while preserving the vibrant culture that exists today. An official cultural designation for East Boston would help amplify efforts to coalesce arts, culture and local business.  Read More

  Massachusetts colleges rely on more than $3.7 billion in federal contracts and grants, with MIT alone accounting for $1.7 billion. That’s what’s at risk as the Trump administration looks to upend higher education.  Read More

  The two leases were part of 17 commercial leases in Massachusetts that were listed as terminated on DOGE’s website.  Read More

  A local restaurant group exec writes that Boston restaurants need policies that help it thrive, not ones that make it harder to survive.  Read More

  The latest Business Journal editorial cautions pursestring holders on Beacon Hill to hold off committing the state’s so-called “rainy day” funds until we know more about the proposed cuts that could come from the White House.  Read More

  Two top leaders of Eastern Bank and its holding company saw their pay shrink in 2024: Executive chair Bob Rivers and Eastern Bank CEO Denis Sheahan saw their total compensation drop slightly in 2024, according to a proxy statement filed Thursday.  Read More