It’s been Beacon Hill’s favorite buzzword for the last few years and “has been kind of discussed to death,” as one policy expert put it, but a discussion among business leaders Wednesday put a fine point on the complexity of the competitiveness conversation.
Massachusetts lost biomanufacturing jobs last year, raising questions about the sector’s future in the state. But local and state leaders are planning initiatives to show the Bay State remains a formidable powerhouse.
Converting an office space to housing has big benefits, but can be even more expensive than building housing from scratch. Political and business leaders must come together to find feasible solutions.
A new report published Tuesday by the left-leaning Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center suggests fears about outmigration are overblown or at least built on data that that points to “inconsistent” conclusions.
You can’t manage what you can’t measure, so a new scorecard from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation is putting numbers to the state’s competitiveness problem as Beacon Hill continues to grapple with the issue
Rising costs of living and doing business in Massachusetts are now the dominant factors influencing local employers’ hiring and location decisions, and pushing some to expand elsewhere, according to a new survey.
