The fast-approaching July 1, 2016, deadline for Vermont's new labeling law – and a new federal proposal that would set a national system for disclosure – for genetically modified (GM) food has provoked a range of responses from food manufacturers while reigniting debate about the need to balance the weight of scientific evidence against consumer demand for transparency. At the center of the debate lay questions of trust in science and how the ways we communicate risk serve to increase or decrease that trust.
STATE HOUSE — Great Britain's vote to break free from the European Union sent ripples through the world's financial markets Friday, adding to the global concerns being watched by those with a stake in the Massachusetts economy, including state government leaders.
Overly optimistic estimates of investment-related capital gains taxes have been blamed for a shortfall in tax revenues to support $39.5 billion fiscal 2017 state budget bills, and legislative leaders are struggling to assemble a spending plan in the face of a July 1 deadline.
