2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (110+ words) Flight attendant Jeff Collman was aboard American Airlines Flight 11 when it crashed into the World Trade Center's North Tower on September 11, 2001. Flight attendant Jeff Collman was aboard American Airlines Flight 11 when it crashed into the World Trade Center's North Tower…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (569+ words) Ten years after voters legalized recreational marijuana in Massachusetts, the adult-use cannabis industry here has topped $10 billion in gross sales, a milestone that comes as the industry faces myriad changes and challenges. Voters approved the ballot measure regulating adult-use marijuana…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (212+ words) Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order Tuesday subjecting proposed data center projects to local approval before developers can move onto state permitting, representing her administration's latest crackdown on the facilities after halting tax breaks earlier this summer. Pending data…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (228+ words) It's the first day of school for Boston Public Schools, but those yellow buses aren't the only reason your commute might feel more congested: Back to work: One of Boston’s largest employers is bringing nearly every employee back to the…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (492+ words) Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell's office has doled out more than $12 million in fines for unpaid wages and other workplace violations, according to data from the AG office's annual Labor Day report. It was likely impossible not to hear the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (656+ words) Stay up to date with our Up First newsletter, sent every weekday morning. The price of diesel has reached an all-time high, according to AAA. The national average for a gallon is now $5.85. That exceeds the previous high in June…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (373+ words) More Massachusetts families will receive financial assistance for childcare this fall. The state added funding to shrink a waitlist that had swelled to roughly 31,000 children. The 2026 supplemental budget includes $31.2 million to expand child-care access. But the new funding will only…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (80+ words) Employers added 162,000 jobs in August, according to the Labor Department. Here & Now ’s Scott Tong talks with Michael Regan, a managing editor at Bloomberg News, about the number that beat economists... Employers added 162,000 jobs in August, according to the Labor…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (585+ words) wbur.org WBUR, Boston's NPR, today announced the fall lineup for The WBUR Breakfast Club, an event series featuring conversations with influential business leaders. The series returns to WBUR CitySpace on Tuesday, September 15 with Kerry Docherty, co-founder of lifestyle and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (614+ words) It’s a sunny summer morning in Brockton, Massachusetts, and half-a-dozen kids ranging in age from six to 12 are sitting in a circle, practicing scales and bowing patterns on the violin – an instrument they’d picked up for the first time just…...