by Melissa Roy | Feb 28, 2012 | Boston Globe, Council in the News |
By Erin Ailworth GLOBE STAFF Looming federal budget cuts could cost Massachusetts more than 50,000 jobs over the next decade – mainly in key sectors such as defense, technology, and health care – and “strike at the very heart’’ of the state’s innovation...
by Melissa Roy | Feb 27, 2012 | Council in the News, State House News Service |
By Matt Murphy State House News Service With Gov. Deval Patrick out of state in Washington, D.C., Murray signed an executive order establishing the Commonwealth’s Military Asset and Security Strategy Task Force to plan for protecting the state’s six military bases...
by Melissa Roy | Feb 25, 2012 | Council in the News, Lowell Sun |
The need for strategic alignment among the various missions within the Massachusetts community-college system is necessary for many of the reasons cited in Sun reporter Lyle Moran’s piece (Business groups backing community-college reform, Feb. 21). Missing from...
by Melissa Roy | Feb 23, 2012 | Boston Globe, Council in the News |
Rate Cut Praised But Other Terms Called ‘Barriers’ By Todd Wallack Bay State executives had a mixed reaction to President Obama’s proposal to reduce the corporate tax rate from 35 to 28 percent, while eliminating dozens of deductions. Several Massachusetts...
by Melissa Roy | Feb 5, 2012 | Boston Globe, Council in the News |
By Scott Van Voorhis Boston Globe Word out of Washington, D.C., of another round of military base closings is showcasing Hanscom Air Force Base’s role in fueling the region’s high-tech economy as supporters come to its defense. With states across the country...