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1 week ago | 
statehousenews.com | Ella Adams
Tariff policies and national political developments slid Massachusetts employers further into a state of pessimism in April. After employers settled into the pessimistic range in March, the Associated Industries of Massachusetts reported Wednesday that its Business Confidence Index showed another drop last month, placing employers' April 2025 confidence at 41.5 on a 100-point scale. The index has now reached its lowest level since the COVID-19 pandemic struck in March 2020.
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1 week ago | 
boston25news.com | Ella Adams
The Department of Education will resume debt collections for federal student loan borrowers in default on Monday, during a critical moment for higher education and affordability in Massachusetts and across the country. “In total, around 13% of Massachusetts residents, over 900,000 residents, have some form of federal student loan debt.
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1 week ago | 
wwlp.com | Ella Adams
BOSTON (SHNS) – The Department of Education will resume debt collections for federal student loan borrowers on Monday, during a critical moment for higher education and affordability in Massachusetts and across the country. “In total, around 13% of Massachusetts residents, over 900,000 residents, have some form of federal student loan debt.
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2 weeks ago | 
salemnews.com | Ella Adams
BOSTON — Some GOP representatives are angling to reopen the controversial MBTA Communities Act conversation when the House takes up its budget this week. Of more than 1,600 amendments filed to the House Ways and Means Committee’s fiscal year 2026 budget, a few align with the small but vocal group of municipalities that continue to call on the state to reconsider its requirements for towns to comply with the zoning law, colloquially known as Section 3A.
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2 weeks ago | 
newburyportnews.com | Ella Adams
New England's largest nature-based conservation organization is pressing forward to address the impending threats of climate change and biodiversity loss across Massachusetts while maneuvering through a moment of federal hostility to conservation and clean energy efforts. Mass Audubon, at 129 years old, is leading the push for an increase in state conservation investments.
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2 weeks ago | 
eagletribune.com | Ella Adams
BOSTON — Some GOP representatives are angling to reopen the controversial MBTA Communities Act conversation when the House takes up its budget next week. Of more than 1,600 amendments filed to the House Ways and Means Committee’s fiscal year 2026 budget, a few align with the small but vocal group of municipalities that continue to call on the state to reconsider its requirements for towns to comply with the zoning law.
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2 weeks ago | 
newburyportnews.com | Ella Adams
Increasingly common wildfire smoke has contributed to worsening air quality in Massachusetts, according to a new report that suggests the unhealthy ozone and particle pollution levels are substantially raising health risks for Bay Staters. The newly-released annual report from the American Lung Association (ALA) found that 156 million people, or 46% of the U.S. population, are living in areas that received a failing grade for at least one measure of air pollution.
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3 weeks ago | 
nbcboston.com | Ella Adams
Increasingly common wildfire smoke has contributed to worsening air quality in Massachusetts, according to a new report that suggests the unhealthy ozone and particle pollution levels are substantially raising health risks for Bay Staters. The newly-released annual report from the American Lung Association (ALA) found that 156 million people, or 46% of the U.S. population, are living in areas that received a failing grade for at least one measure of air pollution.
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3 weeks ago | 
commonwealthbeacon.org | Ella Adams
SOME GOP representatives are angling to reopen the controversial MBTA Communities Act conversation when the House takes up its budget next week. Of more than 1,600 amendments filed to the House Ways and Means Committee’s fiscal year 2026 budget, a few align with the small but vocal group of municipalities that continue to call on the state to reconsider its requirements for towns to comply with the zoning law.
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3 weeks ago | 
statehousenews.com | Ella Adams
Increasingly common wildfire smoke has contributed to worsening air quality in Massachusetts, according to a new report that suggests the unhealthy ozone and particle pollution levels are substantially raising health risks for Bay Staters. The newly-released annual report from the American Lung Association (ALA) found that 156 million people, or 46% of the U.S. population, are living in areas that received a failing grade for at least one measure of air pollution.
