Massachusetts slipped to 36th among states in a business tax climate index released this week by a foundation that promotes lower tax burdens, raising questions about the state's business investment appeal.
Several left-of-center student groups at Harvard College are calling for a boycott of the student newspaper because a reporter asked a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman for comment about a rally on campus calling for the agency to be abolished.
Editors of The Harvard Crimson maintain they were just trying to be fair to both sides, but organizers of the rally and their supporters accuse the newspaper of putting illegal immigrants associated with the rally in harm's way.
