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Hair braiders trying to weave success face licensing snarls

BOSTON – For Gladys Freeman, an African immigrant, her skill at braiding hair in traditional ways gave her the key to charting her own path in America. Freeman, who came to the area 18 years ago from Sierra Leone, owns and operates Dazzles Hair Salon on Washington Street in Roslindale, where

Massachusetts

Cracking the Code: Updating Boston’s zoning to unleash the city’s potential

BOSTON – Bryan Glascock, Deputy Director for Regulatory Reform at the Boston Redevelopment Authority, has his work cut out for him. Appointed by Mayor Marty Walsh in 2014 to be Boston's first zoning chief, Glascock's job is to cull Boston's 3,000-page zoning code and

Massachusetts

Government aside, Happy Days still at Arnold’s

On a postcard perfect summer morning, sitting at a picnic table beneath a large scrub pine Nathan "Nate" Nickerson, the hearty and high-toned proprietor of Arnold's Lobster and Clam Bar, gets animated and even agitated at the thought of ever more "government intrusion" affecting

Massachusetts

Pot Doc gets suspended amid probe into trooper’s death

BOSTON – A leading consortium of medical marijuana clinics has confirmed that one of its offices was involved in securing the drug for a man prosecutors said had marijuana in his system when he struck and killed State Trooper Thomas Clardy in March, according to a WFXT-TV report Friday. Late Thursday,

Massachusetts

Plastic grocery bag ban passed by Mass. Senate

BOSTON – Environmentalists across Massachusetts were ecstatic Wednesday after members of the state Senate voted during budget deliberations to adopt an amendment banning plastic disposable shopping bags in the commonwealth. The amendment, proposed by state Sen. Jamie Eldridge (D-Acton), would take effect in August 2018 if it passes in the House

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New OT rules force small businesses to make hard choices

NEW YORK (AP) — The government's new rules requiring overtime pay for millions of workers have small business owners facing some hard choices. The regulations being issued by the Labor Department Wednesday would double to $913 a week from $455 the threshold under which salaried workers must be paid

Donald Trump

Trump slams Clinton for ‘heartless’ gun limits in NRA speech

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Donald Trump on Friday slammed Hillary Clinton as "heartless" for backing restrictions on gun ownership that he said would leave Americans in high-crime areas unable to protect themselves. He also challenged Clinton to follow his lead and release a list of potential Supreme Court nominees.

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U.S. regulations cost American families $15K per year

We often think of government regulations as important and valuable, keeping us safe and protecting us from fraud. But did you know the cost of these regulations could be up to $15,000 per family? That's one finding of a new report by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)