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Jul 16, 2019

Casino Reports Opening Week Profits As Suit Alleges Cheating

The class action lawsuit says the Everett casino is paying out less for certain winning hands at blackjack and rounding down payouts from slot machines.

Spectators watch near an artist's rendering during a groundbreaking ceremony for a new minor league baseball stadium, July 11, 2019, in Worcester. Polar Park will be the new home of the Boston Red Sox' Triple-A affiliate, beginning in 2021. (Elise Amendola/AP)

Polar Beverages CEO Will Be Part-Owner Of WooSox

Jul 14, 2019

Three of Deepwater Wind's five turbines stand in the water off Block Island, Rhode Island, seen in August 2016. Vineyard Wind, a new 400-megawatt wind farm south of Martha's Vineyard, planned to begin construction in 2019. (Michael Dwyer/AP)

Vineyard Wind Dealt Setbacks By Local, U.S. Regulators

Jul 14, 2019

A U.S. postal carrier delivers Amazon orders to an apartment complex in downtown Pittsburgh in July of 2019. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

Amazon Offers Training And Career Change Paths To Thousands Of Mass. Employees

Jul 11, 2019

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Boston telemedicine firm Proximie hopes 5G speed can help doctors guide surgeries in real time from remote locations. Proximie's North America market development manager, Wayne Kesti, right, demonstrates the company's software on a 5G cellular network at the Verizon Alley in Cambridge. (Courtesy of Verizon)

Super Speedy And A Little Scary: 5G Is Coming To Boston

05:17Jul 11, 2019

A driver displaying Lyft and Uber stickers on his front windshield drops off a passenger in downtown Los Angeles in 2016. (Richard Vogel/AP/File)

Baker Bill Aims To Collect More Data From Ride-Hailing Companies

Jul 10, 2019

Traffic stopped outside a building in Lowell, Mass. (Doug Kerr/flickr)

Report: Immigrants Play Crucial Role In Lowell's Economy And Workforce

Jul 10, 2019

A 2016 rendering of GE's then-proposed headquarters in Boston. (Courtesy of GE)

Mass. Is Spending $86M From The GE Headquarters Sale On Workforce Housing

Jul 9, 2019

NETA associate Kyle Chambers shows patient Richard Morse a plastic container filled with the Blackwater OG strain of cannabis flower at the NETA marijuana dispensary in Brookline Village. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Weed Taxes Roll Into Massachusetts

Massachusetts cities and towns with marijuana businesses are getting revenue from a 3% tax on retail pot sales.

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The Alexandra Hotel on Washington St. Boston officials classified the redevelopment as a South End project, but the building is actually in Roxbury. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

'It Is Erasing Our History': New Development Blurs Boundaries

Realtors and developers have been known to redefine neighborhood boundaries as they market new developments, but the practice raises concerns for some longtime residents.

04:47Jul 8, 2019

Source: Massachusetts Attorney General's Office

Mass. Retailers Celebrate Independence From Time-And-A-Half Pay On Holidays

Most hourly retail workers will receive 1.4 times their usual rate on this Independence Day. Mandatory holiday premiums drop farther in future years, until they disappear completely in 2023.

Jul 4, 2019

New Rules — And Taxes — On Short-Term Rentals Go Into Effect In Mass.

The law, which goes into effect Monday, applies a 5.7% tax to short-term housing rentals -- the same lodging tax hotels already have.

Jul 1, 2019

In this 2015 file photo, people walk near cottages in the Camp Meeting Association neighborhood of Oak Bluffs on the island of Martha's Vineyard. (Steven Senne/AP)

Martha's Vineyard Bus Drivers Are On Strike For A 2nd Day

Drivers with the Martha's Vineyard Transit Authority walked off the job Friday morning over wages and health care benefits.

Jun 30, 2019

A security camera in the Financial District of San Francisco (Eric Risberg/AP)

Somerville Bans Government Use Of Facial Recognition Tech

Somerville is now the first community on the East Coast to ban government use of face surveillance technology.

Jun 28, 2019

Logan International Airport (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Lisa Wieland Is Tapped As New Massport CEO

Wieland has been the agency's port director since 2015. She's been with Massport since 2006.

Jun 28, 2019

5 Key Excerpts From The Latest Greater Boston Housing Report Card

One excerpt: "While the region is becoming more diverse, racial segregation remains a persistent challenge."

Jun 26, 2019

Madeline Howard, a product manager at Wayfair, addresses the crowd in Copley Square supporting a Wayfair staff walkout. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Wayfair Employees Stage Walkout To Protest Sales Of Furniture To Border Facility

The employees walked out after Wayfair refused to back out of a $200,000 sale with a contractor furnishing a federal detention center for child migrants.

Jun 26, 2019

Newly constructed homes sit near a sign in Natick. (Steven Senne/AP)

Stubborn Zoning Boards Tied To Segregation In Boston Area, Report Finds

A study author says some local planning and zoning boards are contributing to segregation by refusing to allow certain kinds of development.

04:22Jun 26, 2019

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