STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, MAY 24, 2023…..Restaurateurs and other small business owners are wary of a looming “threat” of a 2024 ballot question that could raise the state’s minimum wage beyond the $15 hourly rate that took effect in January. Profitability for restaurants is down in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the biggest impacts […]
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Harvard Pilgrim: “Copied And Taken” Data May Include Socials, Medical Histories
Cyberattack May Have Compromised Personal Data
A Slideshow Of Mr. Bellotti’s 100th Birthday Celebration
Arbella Celebrated The Centenarian’s Birthday at its Quincy Headquarters on May 9th
Mass. Home, Condo Sales Way Off 2022 Pace
Home sales in Massachusetts plunged more than 25 percent over-the-year in April, as would-be buyers dealt with elevated mortgage interest rates and another, older problem: a shortage of available homes to buy. The Warren Group also reported Tuesday that the statewide median single-family home sale price in April declined on an annual basis for the […]
Economists: Mass. Growth Slowing, GDP Declines Forecast
Massachusetts squeaked out a smidgen of economic growth in the first quarter of 2023, slowing substantially from its late 2022 growth rate, and analysts are predicting GDP declines in the second and third quarters. Gross domestic product here rose at a 0.1 percent annualized rate in the first quarter, after rising at a 2.9 percent […]
