Baker wants to give you $4,000 to help fill that open job
Still struggling to fill open positions? Gov. Charlie Baker wants to give you $4,000 to offer that job to a candidate who doesn't quite have the skills, degree or experience you're looking for. Then he hopes you'll spend that money training your new hire to get them up to speed.
Greg Reibman
Ready for lunchflation?
Returning to the office requires all kinds of adjustments. Including expectations about the cost of lunch. Lunchflation is causing sticker shock for workers and the another challenge for restaurants.
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We've lost our local newspapers. Now what?
“There’s a big misperception out there that there’s a big hole in local journalism, and I think that narrative’s been created by people who aren’t sitting in local markets. That’s what Mike Reed, CEO at Gannett, told the New York Times last month.
Greg Reibman
The day I asked you to not shake hands
Two years ago today, Gov. Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency due to the outbreak of COVID-19. On that day, March 10, 2020, the number of cases statewide had spiked to 92, up from the 41 cases announced 24 hours earlier.
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When emails aren't color blind
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We're running out of everything
By the end of this year, 175 communities across Massachusetts (including the four served by our chamber) must have in place a plan for complying with a new housing law that aims to make it easier to build smaller, multi-family homes close to public transit. The new MBTA Communities Law could go a long way towards untangling the local zoning restrictions that have contributed to a housing crisis that undermines our region’s competitiveness and diversity and contributes to traffic, sprawl and carbon
Greg Reibman
Watch for unintended consequences
Let's do our part to pressure Vladimir Putin. But let's not hurt any local immigrant-owned businesses, individuals and families in the process. That was the message shared by Gov. Charlie Baker and Sen. President Karen Spilka yesterday amidst steps taken by several other states to stop doing business with Russian companies or selling Russian-made products.
Greg Reibman
These new small business grants won't go very far
Gov. Charlie Baker unveiled two new small business grant programs this week. The grants are modeled on a program Baker says were "a life saver and game changer” for hundreds of small businesses last year. He's right they were. And this week's announcement was good news. Here’s the less good news:
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No news is very bad news
Local news operations serve as our government watchdog. They help us make informed decisions at the ballot box. They tell the stories of the people, the places, the businesses, the nonprofits, the decisions, the indecisions, and the events that define who we are. And now, it seems, the Newton Tab, Needham Times, Wellesley Townsman and Watertown Tab & Press along with dozens of other weekly news operations, may be taking a final step away from what remained “wicked local” about them.
Greg Reibman
This Needham CEO is not done yet
This morning the Globe published an exit interview of sorts with Steve Kaufer, the outgoing CEO and cofounder at Tripadvisor, who is stepping down 22 years after starting the company above Kosta's Pizza & Seafood in Needham. The article looks back at how Kaufer built Tripadvisor and reinvented how we make our travel decisions.
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