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Mass. Cannabis Control Commission approves long-awaited regulatory changes

Long-awaited regulatory changes are coming to the cannabis industry. The state’s cannabis board on Wednesday approved changes to regulations covering delivery hours, telehealth access for medical-use patients, microbusinesses and the two-driver rule. Business owners in the industry been clamoring for...

Boston Business Journal: BiotechTV’s new MassBio studio helps bring Kendall Square to the world – MassBio

The following is an excerpt from an article in the Boston Business Journal first published on October 28, 2024: Brad Loncar is a longtime biotech investor who’s on a mission to take the types of conversations that regularly happen...

Boston’s biggest office towers to lose a total of $450M in value

Boston’s 20 largest office buildings are poised to lose a collective $450 million in assessed value this fiscal year, as post-pandemic workplace changes continue to challenge landlords. The city’s Assessing Department released preliminary property assessments this week for fiscal year...

Workers are burned out, and one group of employees is feeling it most

The last few years haven’t exactly been stress-free, and it's left a majority of frontline workers with a sense of burnout. New research from workforce-management company UKG and consultancy Workplace Intelligence shows that 75% of nearly 13,000 frontline workers from...

Paper Store rolling out new concept at some Massachusetts locations

The Paper Store has already grown far beyond its roots dating back six decades as a newspaper and magazine shop in Maynard. Now, the store known for a wide assortment of products — from toys to home decor to...

Mayor Michelle Wu says Boston commercial tax rate hike needed following COVID pandemic

BOSTON – Boston Mayor Michelle Wu reached an agreement with business leaders last week on a temporary tax rate increase on commercial properties. But those same business leaders voiced frustration that Wu was not open to cutting the city's...

Boston business community needs an attitude adjustment, Michlewitz says – The Boston Globe

Enough with all the doom and gloom, already.That was the clear message that state Representative Aaron Michlewitz sent to the business community on Wednesday. Speaking at an Associated Industries of Massachusetts event at Northeastern University, the politically powerful House...

City, Boston business groups reach deal on property tax fix, Wu says

With her existing proposal hung up on Beacon Hill, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Wednesday that she's sending a new proposal to the State House that she believes will "stabilize property taxes and protect homeowners and renters from a...

Mass. cannabis businesses surrendering licenses at an alarming rate

The rate at which cannabis businesses are surrendering licenses has picked up rapidly in the past year as the industry faces economic and regulatory headwinds. Since last September, four retail licenses have been either surrendered, not renewed or revoked. In...

Largest MBTA Communities project in Mass. proposed off I-495

ZOM Living is pursuing a plan to build 530 apartments on what is now an industrial site in Westford, the largest project under the MBTA Communities zoning law to date statewide. The project’s scale matches Westford’s openness to the law....

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Boston Sports Legends Share Strong Honor At ‘The Tradition’

BOSTON — The Sports Museum inducted six more members Wednesday night to a number of familiar faces that shaped...