
Alexa Gagosz
Business Reporter at The Boston Globe
Business reporter @BostonGlobe/ @Globe_RI. Member: @IRE_NICAR. Northeastern (MA) & Suffolk (BA) alum. Tips: [email protected]. Signal/Text: 401-400-1595
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bostonglobe.com | Alexa Gagosz
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bostonglobe.com | Alexa Gagosz |Christopher Gavin
PROVIDENCE — As Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. looks to consolidate its properties around Rhode Island, executives told state officials they plan to slash dozens of jobs and shutter two offices. Vertex plans to cut 140 employees in total, including 125 in Providence. The layoffs will be effective on Aug. 5, according to a letter sent by Camilo Cobos, Vertex’s vice president of human resources, to the state’s Department of Labor and Training, which was obtained by the Globe.
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2 weeks ago |
buff.ly | Alexa Gagosz
WELLFLEET, Mass. — The summer season is Mac Seafood‘s busiest and most profitable stretch of the year. But this year, owner Mac Hay’s biggest concerns aren’t only whether people want oysters — it’s whether he has the staff to shuck them. Hay has been in business for three decades, but this year, many of his seasonal workers, who mostly come from abroad, were stuck in a visa limbo for months thanks to the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
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bostonglobe.com | Alexa Gagosz
A weekday briefing from veteran Rhode Island reporters, focused on the things that matter most in the Ocean State. Tourism is the number one or number two largest industry for each of New England’s six states, said Michele Cota, the executive director of Discover New England, making visitors to New England vital to the region’s economy and workforce. But foreign travel is already showing signs of slowing down. In 2024, Canadian tourists spent about $700 million in New England.
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bostonglobe.com | Alexa Gagosz
PROVIDENCE — Hundreds gathered in Providence on Monday evening in solidarity with demonstrators in Los Angeles, rallying against immigration raids and ICE. “The people united will never be defeated,” shouted participants while marching down Westminster Street.
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