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“When folks are not showing up to work out of fear, when folks are not frequenting these businesses out of fear, of course the impact on the local economy can be devastating.”

Breweries have yet to hear from manufacturers how the tariff will affect pricing for cans and steel equipment such as kegs and fermenting tanks. But the numbers don’t look good for an industry facing economic headwinds.

Protesters against President Donald Trump and his policies organized demonstrations in all 50 states for the second time in two weeks.

From an Asian-Peruvian fusion restaurant in Charlestown to a Colombian eatery in Hyde Park, the Boston Licensing Board today awarded 28 new beer-and-wine and all-alcohol licenses to restaurants across the city, as part of the 225 new licenses granted Boston by the state legislature last year. Read m...

The Right to Repair Coalition that led the 2020 ballot campaign celebrated the judge's decision Tuesday, saying it should now clear the final remaining hurdle to implementation.

On Tuesday night the city council voted in favor of becoming a sanctuary city for transgender and gender-diverse people.

The Dorchester Reporter alerts us that the chain, long kept out of Boston by Tom Menino, is looking to move into Dorchester and Mattapan, with the backing of Mattapan state Rep. Russell Holmes, who says he's looking for "a Chick-fil-A in Black Dorchester, or [anywhere] in Dorchester" with local fran...

The MBTA said trains will begin carrying passengers from Fall River and New Bedford to Boston on March 24, pending final approval by the Federal Railroad Administration.

Update: Approved 8-1. The Cambridge City Council is scheduled to vote today on zoning changes that would allow apartments and condos everywhere in the city, in part by eliminating minimum lot sizes and allowing four-story buildings everywhere without the need for zoning variances everywhere - with t...

The University of Massachusetts legal office today notified workers at all of its campuses today on what to do if somebody from ICE - or any other government agency - shows up and starts asking questions about students or other employees: Tell them nothing and send them to the UMass Office of the Ge...

The transit authority's board voted to make the transit system permanently fare free.

Members of the BPL’s Public Service Association union joined co-worker and breast cancer patient Eve Griffin, to appeal to the BPL Board of Trustees to overturn a decision that denied her access to extended sick leave.

The 32-person working group's original 90-day deadline to present its findings to Gov. Healey and Mayor Wu have been extended to March.

Plus, a dance performance about mental health and a musical tribute to an abolitionist.

From 2019 through June 2024, more than 14,000 people filed allegations of discrimination, in employment or housing disputes, with the independent state agency. It has struggled to keep up with its caseloads, and last year, it logged a 15% increase in new filings, totaling over 3,500 claims.

Earlier this month, state Sen. Peter Durant introduced a bill that would invest the state's unallocated or uncommitted surplus funds into bitcoin and other digital currencies.

The city of Boston says the popularity of food-delivery apps is driving up the number of vehicles on the streets and causing safety concerns. Mayor Michelle Wu wants to require companies like Grubhub and DoorDash to provide liability insurance to all their drivers and share details on what routes dr...

As immigration raids ramp up across the country as a result of President Donald Trump’s executive orders and policies targeting undocumented immigrants, at least one Northeastern academic department on the Boston campus has issued guidance “about responding to possible activity by ICE on campus,” ac...

Leaders of the Allston Brighton Health Collaborative say returning the funds to Steward would financially gut the nonprofit.

The analysis by local nonprofits calls for more housing units near transit stations and a greater investment in existing public transportation.

The 1926 film "The Flying Ace" will be screened with live musical accompaniment to mark Black History Month. The film is one of the few remaining examples of a genre of early cinema marketed to Black audiences during the era of segregation.

Work could start as soon as tomorrow. Read more.

A Mass. teenager fought with her younger brother over a cell phone. Hours later, ICE detained her.

Officials installed the stations as part of a pilot program on Monday at the Boston and Springfield RMVs, as well as MassDOT headquarters at 10 Park Plaza in Boston.

The utility Eversource broke ground on a first-in-the-nation, fully underground electrical substation in Cambridge, Mass.

When it comes to private companies working with local cops to conduct mass aerial surveillance, Massachusetts is the “wild west”

Reports coming in from all over (Roslindale, Jamaica Plain, the rest of the Boston area and southern New Hampshire) of some shaking around 10:25 a.m. Read more.

Massachusetts residents can still chose "X" rather than male or female when applying for a driver's license or identification card. This option is based on state policy. It's not subject to the ban on gender-neutral IDs that President Trump has imposed for federal documents.

The Sackler family and Purdue Pharma agreed to pay $7.4 billion to settle lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller. Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell said that the state could receive up to $108 million of the settlement money.

Allandale Farm, on the Jamaica Plain/Brookline line, this week filed plans to replace its current cramped farmstand with a larger "market barn" open year round and its current small retail greenhouses with one larger greenhouse. Read more.