by meshagency | May 2, 2020 | Boston Globe, Council in the News
May 2, 2020Boston GlobeBy Larry Edelman and Shirley Leung, Globe Staff Don’t iron those business clothes or reactivate that monthly T pass just yet. Safely resuscitating an economy laid low by the coronavirus likely will be painfully slow and require a gradual return...
by meshagency | May 1, 2020 | Boston Globe, Council in the News
May 1, 2020Boston GlobeBy The Editorial Board Governor Charlie Baker is right to think that government can’t possibly have all the answers for navigating the path out of pandemic closures. But rarely have so few been tasked with so much as have the 17 members of...
by meshagency | May 1, 2020 | Boston Globe, Council in the News
May 1, 2020Boston GlobeBy Jon Chesto, Globe Staff Bridging the worlds: If the Massachusetts economy can reopen without our hospitals getting swamped by COVID-19 patients, we might have Steve Pagliuca to thank. Pagliuca has emerged as a nexus of coronavirus-related...
by meshagency | Apr 28, 2020 | Boston Globe, Council in the News
April 28, 2020 Boston Globe By Jon Chesto, Globe Staff So now it is official: Governor Charlie Baker won’t reopen the state’s economy next week, a delay that had been widely expected. Set your sights for May 18 — if we’re lucky. When Baker revisits the issue, he’ll...
by meshagency | Apr 23, 2020 | Boston Globe, Council in the News
April 23, 2020 Boston Globe By Jon Chesto, Globe Staff It’s a question on the mind of every CEO in town: When can we turn the lights back on in our offices? But they also face a potentially tougher question: What will the offices look like once that magic moment does...
by Karen Catania | Oct 30, 2019 | Boston Globe, Council in the News
By Jon Chesto, Talking Points, The Boston Globe, October 30, 2019 The tough quest for consensus: House Speaker Bob DeLeo made a bold request to the state’s business community in March: Come up with some transportation policies that everyone can unite behind. Good luck...