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Years After Success, Massachusetts Right to Repair Coalition Re-Forms to Close Loophole

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Encouraging a Movement The right to repair movement is showing strength outside of Massachusetts as well. According to the Boston Business Journal , the coalition is spending $100,000 on multiple outlets, including radio stations and digital platforms.

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Massachusetts Tech Group: Women, Minorities Left Behind as Industry Grows

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New research from the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council argues that the state’s tech industry is doing better than many others on the diversity front but that it still has a ways to go. In Massachusetts, the technology economy is surging.

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Monday Buzz: Why Boston Doesn’t Have Cheap Rooms

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An array of economic and geographic pressures have boosted Boston’s hotel rooms to extremely high rates. Case in point: the current situation in the Boston metro area. Those are the going rates now in Boston,” Paul Sacco, executive director at the Massachusetts Lodging Association, told the newspaper.

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Associations at Odds Over Proposed Massachusetts Ban on Noncompete Clauses

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The noncompete agreement—a key tool employers use to keep talented employees from jumping ship to join competitors—is under scrutiny in Massachusetts, where the governor wants to ban them. Massachusetts Gov. Webb told The Boston Herald.

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Groups Push Ban on Powdered Alcohol in Massachusetts and Beyond

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The Massachusetts Restaurant Association (MRA) has drawn a line in the sand: No powdered alcohol. “We go to great lengths to responsibly serve alcohol in our restaurants,” MRA President Bob Luz told the Boston Business Journal. A number of other states are also joining Maryland and Massachusetts groups in the battle.

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Massachusetts Convention Center Authority to Produce Its Own Events

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Rather than be a loss leader, relying on economic stimulus that meetings and events bring to Boston, the convention authority is looking to create revenue by coproducing events. The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority is breaking into the events business in a new way. The Ernest N.

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Boston Bombing: Events Adjust After City Shutdown

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Airlines Adapt As the Associated Press reports, Boston’s Logan International Airport’s main airlines—including JetBlue and Delta—remain active but are adapting for any travelers with concerns. JetBlue, which has 100 flights out of Boston, will allow free ticket changes for passengers headed to or from Boston.

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