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2 months ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Jenna Perlman
Right now, if you’re looking at Google Maps from Europe, the name of the body of water bound to the east by Florida, Cuba, and the Yucatan Peninsula, and to the west by Texas and Mexico, is listed as the Gulf of Mexico. If you try from the US, it’s the Gulf of America. After taking office, President Donald Trump ordered that the body of water be renamed as the Gulf of America from the Gulf of Mexico.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
bostonglobe.com | Jenna Perlman
On Monday, newly sworn-in President Trump issued an executive order to pause federal approval of all offshore wind leases and permits. That means some projects off the Massachusetts coast, such as the SouthCoast wind project, could be dead in the water. Trump’s executive order came days after the Martha’s Vineyard project got its last major federal permit, a parting gift from the Biden administration.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
bostonglobe.com | Jenna Perlman
You’re not the only person thinking about Greenland more than you used to. Recently, on the the same day his eldest son was visiting Greenland — the president-elect told reporters he was refusing to rule out military action to take the island from Denmark. He originally raised this idea during his first term in 2019. So, as we enter a second Trump presidency, we wanted to know: Can a country legally buy another country? What’s the argument for trying to buy it?
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
bostonglobe.com | Jenna Perlman
The clock is ticking for TikTok. The Supreme Court will hear arguments today to determine whether a ban against the popular social media app restricts free speech and violates the First Amendment. ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese-based parent company, wants the nation’s highest court to block a law signed by President Biden in April that requires the app to be sold to a non-Chinese company by Jan. 19 or be banned in the United States.
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
bostonglobe.com | Jenna Perlman
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
bostonglobe.com | Jenna Perlman
Smell the dust in the air? New England is bone-dry. The ever-expanding drought in New England has reached critical levels in Massachusetts and is worsening in the rest of the region as the persistent lack of substantial rainfall continues to deplete water levels in our streams, soil, and groundwater. This fall is now the driest on record in Hartford and Worcester, the second driest in Boston, and third driest in Providence. And there’s no relief in sight. So, what do you need to know?
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
bostonglobe.com | Adria Watson |James Vaznis |Diti Kohli |Matt Stout |Katie Johnston |Stella Tannenbaum | +1 more
A yes vote would specify that the auditor’s office does have the authority to audit the state Legislature. A no vote would mean the law would stay as is. A yes vote would no longer require public high school students to pass MCAS exams to receive their diplomas. A no vote would keep the MCAS graduation requirement on the books. Question 3: On Uber and Lyft drivers’ right to organize a union. A yes vote would allow Uber and Lyft drivers to form a union.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
bostonglobe.com | Jenna Perlman
When the Federal Reserve first dropped its key interest rate in September, many expected it would take the pressure off rising home prices. But that hasn’t happened — yet. “The problem right now is that long-term interest rates, which really affect mortgage rates, are going up,” said business columnist Larry Edelman on Boston Globe Today.
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Sep 29, 2024 | 
bostonglobe.com | Jenna Perlman
Each week, Boston Globe Today Sports host and Globe sports columnist Christopher L. Gasper provides commentary on a notable sports topic in the segment “Write or Wrong?”College football has gone haywire with players turned into hired guns by the combination of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) payments and the transfer portal. Players getting paid for their role in the second-most popular football product America has to offer is good business.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
bostonglobe.com | Jenna Perlman
As the cool weather comes in, so does economic uncertainty. The Federal Reserve is getting ready to cut interest rates as it shifts focus from fighting inflation to protecting the job market. The long-anticipated reversal, which could mark the beginning of series of interest rate cuts, would mean lower borrowing costs for car loans, credit cards, and mortgages, and for business loans. Additionally, the unemployment rate in Massachusetts is at the highest in four years even as layoffs remain modest.
