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Politics, ideas, and civic life in Massachusetts
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Mass. sheds 7,100 jobs in August as losses mount
https://commonwealthbeacon.org/economy/mass-sheds-7100-jobs-in-august-as-losses-mount/
Published: September 21, 2026 21:56
The total number of job losses in the last two months – about 11,100 – almost matches the jobs gained since September.
Massachusetts is already putting its untapped talent to work
https://commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/massachusetts-is-already-putting-its-untapped-talent-to-work/
Published: September 18, 2026 21:49
The administration is working across state agencies and with workforce partners to remove obstacles that prevent people from entering—and staying in—the workforce.
On Fall River’s waterfront, the debate over market-rate housing unfolds
Published: September 17, 2026 14:56
The South Coast community is on track to see its 20-acre waterfront transformed by a massive mixed-use development consisting of up to 1,500 new housing units, all of which the city has indicated should be market rate. The move has angered affordable…
Massachusetts has a plan to end hunger, but it’s missing the most important piece
Published: September 9, 2026 12:03
EARLIER THIS YEAR, Governor Healey's Anti-Hunger Task Force released its final report. I read it closely. Much of it is right, fortunately, since 40 percent of households in Massachusetts are […]
Uncertainty is the new competitiveness challenge for Massachusetts
Published: August 26, 2026 13:30
Uncertainty driven by macroeconomic, geopolitical, and instability in federal policy has now surpassed affordability as the top concern facing Roundtable members – leaders of some of the largest employers across Massachusetts.
Seeing the future? Massachusetts wants to see your license
https://commonwealthbeacon.org/economy/seeing-the-future-massachusetts-wants-to-see-your-license/
Published: August 13, 2026 13:11
It would be easy to assume that most psychics, tarot card readers, and mediums want to do away with the red tape, but that isn’t necessarily the case. Salem licenses more fortune tellers than any other community in the state, and many say although the…
Study pegs median net wealth of Massachusetts families at $370,000
Published: August 12, 2026 20:40
A survey sent to 32,817 randomly selected Massachusetts addresses and yielding 5,018 responses highlighted long-standing racial wealth gaps.
Senate quietly launches another push for juvenile justice reforms
Published: August 11, 2026 13:21
House and Senate negotiators hashing out a final deal on a sweeping jobs and business support package need to decide whether the measure should also embrace a major criminal justice reform: allowing many 18-year-olds to be tried in the youth justice…
Boston hosted the world. Let’s make it a habit.
https://commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/boston-hosted-the-world-lets-make-it-a-habit/
Published: August 6, 2026 11:22
Greater Boston can host the world. Now we need to make sure we are willing and able to do it again and again because doing so brings lasting economic and civic benefits to our region.
Political Notebook: House Speaker foretells Senate tax swerve
Published: July 24, 2026 14:06
He was joking when he described "fortune-telling" as a preferred pastime, but House Speaker Ron Mariano still managed to divine the way electoral politics would affect a Senate tax cap proposal.
In the panic over a talent exodus, Massachusetts is forgetting the underutilized talent it has
Published: July 21, 2026 10:39
Most states compete for the workers everyone else wants. Talent activation is a different discipline. It starts not with who might move to the state, but with who is already here.