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Ambitious bill to reform child care, lower costs sails through Mass. Senate
Senators say inadequate child care costs families, employers and the state billions of dollars a year. -
Boston faces $1.5 billion shortfall from declining commercial property taxes, report warns
A city official downplayed the financial threat to the city. -
Massive video game layoffs rock industry after Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition
Game companies laid off 6,000 workers in January alone, continuing a dismal labor trend from 2023. -
Behind ‘The Cost of Inheritance,’ a new documentary about reparations in the US
The team behind PBS’s new documentary joined Basic Black to discuss Black land loss and family histories. -
Breaking down Healey's new budget plan for Massachusetts
Revenue is plateauing, but the state still plans to spend more in the next fiscal year. -
Why the US economy is in better shape than you think
Jonathan Gruber, the chair of MIT’s economics department, says it can all be explained with the prices of candy bars and cars. -
Half of US renters are ‘cost burdened’ by their housing, new Harvard report finds
"We're not doing enough to provide subsidies to close the gap between what people can afford and what housing costs," said Chris Herbert, the Harvard center’s managing director. -
Healey budget proposal would raise spending by $2.1B
The governor proposes $58.15 billion in total spending, with a bevy of cost-control maneuvers in an attempt to navigate an increasingly uncertain financial environment. -
Lawmakers open to Healey's bill allowing local tax hikes
The governor is putting her liquor-license reform proposal on hold. -
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on what new inflation data means for Americans
New inflation data shows consumer prices continue to cool, with price increases on “core” goods excluding food and fuel sinking below 4% for the first time in more than two and a half years.
