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BOSTON – Greater Boston ranks higher than any other major urban area in the Northeast for job creation, although it is less competitive nationwide, according to a recent Gallup survey. The region beat out cities from New York to Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Buffalo, New York, although it ranks 21st out of
Massachusetts
BOSTON – Immigrants are more central than ever to Boston's economy. They make up more than a quarter of city residents and spend around $4 billion annually, which accounts for almost 26,000 jobs and generates $1.3 billion in tax revenue, according to the Boston Redevelopment Authority. But
new hampshire
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – New England fishermen, already unhappy with strict limits imposed by the federal government on the amount of certain groundfish they are able to bring in, are facing a new federal fee that could potentially threaten the entire industry. Since the stringent quotas went into effect in May
Harvard University
CAMBRIDGE – Earlier this month, more than 100 Harvard University students, both male and female, declared themselves to be feminists at the seventh annual "Feminist Coming Out Day," the Harvard Crimson student newspaper reported, a tradition started by undergraduates to openly discuss what the term means to them. More
Massachusetts
BOSTON – The clock is ticking to pull the plug or put a bill before Bay State lawmakers that would make physician-assisted suicide legal in Massachusetts, as the Joint Committee on Public Health has until Wednesday to recommend action on the measure. The bill (HB 1991) began its legislative journey anew
boston
BOSTON – More than 70 years after Massachusetts made it illegal to pay men and women different rates for the same job, a group of female activists and community leaders gathered Tuesday at Simmons College to call for passage of a gender equity bill that would require employers to pay men
GOP
Dr. Ben Carson has found a new job. The retired neurosurgeon who officially ended his bid for the Republican presidential nomination last week has signed on as national chairman of My Faith Votes, a nonpartisan group that encourages Christians to participate in elections. Carson officially suspended his presidential campaign Friday
court
WASHINGTON – A serving U.S. Army officer who went to court to keep his beard for religious reasons notched a significant victory Thursday, when a federal judge blocked special tests for the decorated veteran while the case is pending. Federal District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington ruled that the Defense