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A New Jersey man who quit a job with Boston-based DraftKings to move to Los Angeles for a job with one of its online-betting archrivals, only to get sued by his former employers under the Massachusetts non-compete law, will have to make his case under Massachusetts law rather than California law, a ...

The palm-sized, neon-yellow spider from Southeast Asia was first spotted weaving its signature web by a photographer on Beacon Hill this month. Experts say this is the northernmost confirmed sighting of a Joro spider in the U.S.

Gov. Healey today announced the state has taken control of St. Elizabeth's Medical in Brighton by eminent domain from its current private-equity owner to keep it open, rather than letting it simply fade away like Carney Hospital in Dorchester. Read more.

CommonWealth Beacon reports the city is working with downtown and Seaport landlords to have them put up their temporary flood barriers on Boston's first Deployables Day to get building personnel used to using one of the cheaper technologies city planners hope to use to ward off rising sea levels and...

The presidential election between Harris and Trump is set for Nov. 5. This is also a chance for many districts to elect new state legislators. Here's all you need to know about your voting options and who's on the ballot.

The number of bicyclists we lose in collisions with cars, just in Somerville and Cambridge, is tragic and terrifying. 😭 https://mass.streetsblog.org/2024/09/24/suv-driver-kills-bicyclist-on-memorial-drive-in-cambridge (I actually did check and make sure it wasn't @crschmidt@better.boston we lost...

The job training program teaches trainees the necessary skills to pursue a culinary career, along with other life skills like nutrition education and financial literacy.

The MBTA announced today the Ashmont branch of the Red Line will be closed on Saturday so workers can remove one of those slow zones - and to make sure there aren't any potential problems left over from the Peabody Square lake that formed last week after a National Grid crew cracked open a BWSC wate...

Community leaders say Dorchester may already be seeing negative health impacts from closure of Carney Hospital.

The state's third through eighth graders lost ground in English language arts scores but held steady in math on their 2024 MCAS tests.

Massachusetts public school students must pass standardized tests in order to graduate high school. Question 2 in the 2024 election asks voters to end or keep that requirement.

Massachusetts was among the first five states to pass regulations aimed at keeping food waste out of landfills and incinerators. According to new research in the journal Science, it's the only state where food waste bans are working.

Boston City Councilors Sharon Durkan, Henry Santana, and Ben Weber say they have heard complaints about delayed or unarrived mail in several neighborhoods.

Supporters of the proposed audits say they would boost government transparency, while opponents argue that the audits would be an intrusion by the executive branch onto the legislative branch of government.

The New England Aquarium has partnered with Nintendo and brought the characters of the popular game Animal Crossing to educate visitors on the importance of marine life. For more, ask Alexa to play WBZ NewsRadio on #iHeartRadio.

The general minimum wage is $15 an hour under state law, but it's $6.75 for tipped workers. Question 5 seeks to gradually raise the tipped minimum wage to match the general minimum wage. Opponents argue the measure could harm workers and businesses.

The proposed law would create a regulatory framework for psychadelics' therapeutic use in Massachusetts. But like cannabis, substances like psilocybin and mescaline would remain illegal at the federal level.

A harmful cyanobacteria bloom takes over a section of the Charles River for the first time in four years.

A U.S. Senate committee voted Thursday to hold Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre in civil and criminal contempt after he refused to testify publicly about his company’s bankruptcy.

There are financial problems on the horizon that are threatening to undo all that progress and send the T spiraling, unless state officials can agree on some potentially expensive solutions.

The Registry of Motor Vehicles announced yesterday that rather than ordering cute litlte Japanese kei trucks and cars off the road, it will let them continue to putter around the Commonwealth. Read more.

Migration patterns and competitiveness have become key topics on Beacon Hill, fueled by the sky-high costs of housing and child care pressuring many residents. But just how many people are leaving Boston and data on who is moving is unclear.

The Boston Transportation Department reports the dedicated bus/truck lanes on Summer Street in South Boston failed and so it's going to eliminate them and return the road to its basic configuration of two general travel lanes in each direction. Read more.

Massachusetts is looking to improve air quality levels in cities and towns across the state through funded program.

At the hearing, nurses testified about poor staffing impacting patient care at Steward hospitals.

We're also taking advantage of our state's no-interest loan program, claiming tax credit, and getting a rebate. #MA #Massachusetts The more people who make use of these benefits, the more the government sees that supporting and investing in #ClimateSolutions is a good idea and in demand. https://w...

Cambridge announced former nonprofit leader Julie Wormser as the city's first-ever chief climate officer this week. Wormser spoke with WBUR about her vision for the job and why it extends beyond Cambridge.

Boston Restaurant Talk reports that Dani's Queer Bar opens tonight at 907 Boylston St. in the Back Bay, in the space where the Pour House used to be.

The school’s numbers show a drop in new Black student enrollment to 14% from 18% last year, with little or no fluctuation in other race categories.

Boston City Councilors ordered up a hearing today at which to press Boston school officials to explain how the new BPS Zum (pronounced "zoom," but for obvious reasons not spelled that way) app that was supposed to make BPS buses run as softly as a cloud instead led to some buses not showing up in th...

Eng said Monday on Boston Public Radio, he wants to help people who need more transit options after midnight.

A Boulder, CO company last week filed plans for the two-story, 50-foot-tall big battery building it's proposing for, really, the best street in all of Boston for something like that: Electric Avenue in Brighton. Read more.

The US offshore wind industry has outlasted its critics, as indicated by a new rash of activity including a 2-gigawatt project for Maryland.

The transit agency serving Greater Boston said in a statement that they are aware of the issue and working to address it.

The new performance art space takes over the former Oberon theater in Harvard Square in Cambridge.

The city Office of Civic Organizing is offering $250 grants to neighborhoods that want to really go all out for Halloween this year. Read more.

Lawmakers appear ready to close the tab on a heady expansion of available alcohol licenses in Boston, with House and Senate negotiators filing a compromise Tuesday afternoon. The 225 new licenses contained in the deal include 195 "restricted" licenses specifically marked for the capital city's 13 ZI...

Train service on the Braintree branch of the Red Line will be suspended for more than three weeks starting this Friday (Sept. 6) as the MBTA’s latest “surge” project gets underway to repair tracks and eliminate so-called “slow zones” between JFK-UMass and Quincy and Braintree stations. Shuttle buses...

The MBTA is set to launch a new reduced fare program this week, dramatically widening the pool of people who qualify and potentially cutting transit costs in half for about 60,000 riders.