Larry Edelman

New research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston says that the state simply couldn’t continue to create jobs faster than the rest of the country.

Potentially thousands of Massachusetts businesses may be facing large tax bills as a result of the state’s decision to “decouple” from the R&D deduction provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Employers shed 4,600 jobs in July, erasing a good chunk of the revised 6,000 positions they added in the prior month.

Thirty-five years ago, I wrote a piece about the future of the Massachusetts tech sector. Here's what I got right — and wrong.

The quest for artificial superintelligence is basically the Cold War nuclear arms race without fallout shelters. I think Stanley Kubrick would agree.

The quest for artificial superintelligence is basically the Cold War nuclear arms race without fallout shelters. I think Stanley Kubrick would agree.

Talk to people across industries and you’ll hear that the boundless vibrancy we once took for granted has faded, with a broken housing market and the Trump 2.0 administration partly to blame.

Our economic mojo needs a jumpstart.

Governor Maura Healey vowed to work with business leaders to bolster the state’s financially shaky unemployment insurance system. Eighteen months later, she has yet to offer any reforms.

Here's a look at some local developments that underscore the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead for Massachusetts.