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An Uber bill pending in the State House would throttle the car-ride service in Massachusetts by saddling drivers with costly insurance requirements and intrusive background checks, according to both the company and a Pioneer Institute analysis. The bill, H.3702, would force drivers for ride-sharing companies to take out $1
Massachusetts
Harbinger Development won a key city agency's support to build a 405-room hotel in the city's Seaport District, according to the Boston Redevelopment Authority, which also said it approved two housing projects that will add 128 residential units in Allston and Roxbury. The hotel, proposed for
Immigration
Immigration shot to the fore of political debate during the summer thanks largely to Donald Trump. The New York developer called for deporting all illegal aliens, peppering his rhetoric with references to "rapists" and "murderers" and stirring passions on both sides of the issue in the
Massachusetts
The Green Line Extension, one progeny of Boston's $15 billion Big Dig, took on a starker resemblance this week to its figurative parent when its estimated cost ballooned by as much as 50 percent. The latest update from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shows the extension may consume