BOSTON — A Rastafarian baggage screener at Logan Airport can keep his dreadlocks. In a ruling Monday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said the religious rights of Josue Brissot were violated when his supervisors pressured him to cut off his locks, which are important in Rastafarian belief.
BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick has begun negotiations with public employee union representatives as he devises large budget cuts that could include laying off up to 2,000 state workers.
BOSTON — New figures show enrollment in MassHealth — the state Medicaid program — has surged by 80,000 people since May of last year, an increase likely to complicate efforts to bridge a major budget shortfall this fiscal year.
BOSTON — State revenue collections have come in more than a quarter-billion dollars below expectations for September, despite a new sales tax and signs of economic recovery.
BOSTON — A 55-year-old woman from Middlesex County has died from swine flu, the first victim of the virus in Massachusetts this fall and the 12th this year.
BOSTON — The voting rights group MassVOTE is organizing supporters behind a proposal to allow the governor to appoint an interim senator until a special election is held to fill the seat left vacant by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.
BOSTON — Emerson College has agreed to pay the state nearly $776,000 to settle charges the school steered loan-seeking students to lenders that gave incentives to its financial aid staff.
BOSTON — Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and teacher union officials squared off on Beacon Hill Tuesday over a controversial proposal to expand charter schools in Boston.
BOSTON — A Supreme Court ruling Monday supporting the reverse-discrimination claims of a group of mostly white firemen in New Haven, Conn. could have implications for similar cases in Massachusetts.
BOSTON — The Supreme Court ruled against the Commonwealth today in a case that could have significant implications for how drug cases are prosecuted.
BOSTON — The suspense over whether toll hikes will go into effect next week on the Mass Pike will continue until Monday, after the Turnpike Authority put off a vote scheduled for Thursday due to the unsettled status of the state budget.
BOSTON — Investigators are blaming a breakdown in communication for a near disaster last week at Logan Airport when a construction worker drove his truck into the path of a departing plane.
BOSTON — A new report is raising concerns that the cost of mounting a political campaign may be keeping candidates out of the running in Massachusetts.
BOSTON — Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is considering expanding the functions of the Boston Redevelopment Authority, even as his mayoral opponents call for curtailing the power of agency.
BOSTON — A controversial wind farm off Cape Cod has received a crucial permit from a state regulatory agency, possibly paving the way for it to become the first large-scale offshore wind power plant in the United States.
BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick says he will veto an ethics bill if it weakens the power of the State Ethics Commission, the investigative body primarily responsible for enforcing conflict-of-interest laws.
