Don Seiffert

The biggest companies in Massachusetts are tanking today. $TMO, which has the biggest market cap in the state, is down 6%. $BSX is down 8%. In total, the 100 largest Mass. public companies have lost nearly $300B today, on top of $63B yesterday. https://t.co/afgk0yc2ex

It's been a looooong time since I won a journalism award for a story I wrote, but last night a story from May 2024 won first place for Social Issues Feature in the annual @NENPA awards. The subject is personally meaningful to me: second-chance hiring. https://t.co/7LWJyIbCLT

"Perkins Coie, a law firm with Democratic ties, is fighting against President Trump's executive order that sought to cripple the firm. Despite losing some business, the firm's biggest clients and superstar lawyers are standing with it." @WSJ https://t.co/E6wEQ7ncjO

.@TuftsUniversity president Sunil Kumar says at #BBJHigherEd event that the school has already lost USAID funding of research on infectious diseases that can go from animals to humans. "You would think that this was in the national interest, but it was ruled not to be."

Jay Fitzgerald of @Hubblog appropriately questions why the @BostonGlobe has decided to encroach on the @BosBizJournal's longtime "Fast 50" list with its new "50 fastest growing companies in New England," coincidentally announced the same week. https://t.co/deLWTpeIpy

RT @MassGovernor: Anyone with the courage to put on a uniform and serve our country deserves our respect — no matter who you are, who you l…

RIP Max Frankel, executive editor of The New York Times from 1986 to 1994, who previously won a Pulitzer for international reporting. @spj_newengland interviewed him just a month ago about his journalism career. https://t.co/AEkivpO3WD

Boston nonprofit @RosiesPlace does incredible work every day helping women without homes to succeed in life. My friend & neighbor Luis Mathos is running the @bostonmarathon hoping to raise $10K for the shelter. Please consider donating. https://t.co/3TMDqacQTP

RT @ForecasterEnten: "To cross that rubicon [of defying court rulings] is a big 'no, no'" for Americans. This court issue is a big loser fo…

RT @thedailybeast: The MAGA politician who introduced a bill classifying “Trump Derangement Syndrome” as a mental illness has been arrested…

RT @WIRED: They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on pu…

RT @rowanwalrath: Uncertainty about federal funding and cuts to university research are already shaping the careers of young people enterin…

Last night, I went back to re-read the Boston Business Journal's editorial from March 12, 2020 — published on the first day of the shutdowns. My memory of it was very different from the reality. https://t.co/3sItnBSOhO

Mental health service workers from @SEIU509 and their allies gathered Tuesday afternoon at Riley Plaza in #SalemMA to picket in opposition to Gov. @maura_healey proposed cuts to @MassDMH - Itemlive https://t.co/Oj9UXVCLxj

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A couple hundred attendees are at the State House to oppose @MassGovernor @maura_healey’s plans to cut half of the state's @MassDMH case workers. @SEIU509 is joined by several other unions @BostonGlobe @statehousenews https://t.co/u9HRkMuW74

.@MassGov @maura_healey has "paused" plans to close two Mass. hospitals, but still plans to cut half of the state's @MassDMH case workers. @SEIU509 is holding a rally at the State House today about it. https://t.co/AKwBtYqY47