5+ hour, 7+ min ago   (743+ words) While the rest of the country experienced a modest economic expansion, the Massachusetts labor market has begun to signal a troubling divergence. According to the latest data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the United States saw its overall…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (477+ words) It is clear we have become very comfortable paying for things built for and around our interests. Though local journalism is far more personal than its national counterparts, few of my students, if any, would identify it as personal. In…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (315+ words) LOWELL — After graduating with high honors from Middlesex Community College in May, Monique Chan, of Lowell, started the Massachusetts Senate Summer Fellowship. A paralegal studies student, she serves in state Sen. Vanna Howard’s office with fellow Middlesex alumna Julianne Floro....

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (760+ words) BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order Tuesday subjecting proposed data center projects to local approval before developers can move on to state permitting, representing her administration’s latest crackdown on the facilities after halting tax breaks earlier this summer....

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (860+ words) Editor’s note: This Labor Day column was written by Robert Forrant, a history professor emeritus with the University of Massachusetts Lowell. When union workers and their families gather this Labor Day, some may ponder former President Ronald Reagan’s memorable refrain,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1553+ words) THE RESULTS of this week’s Democratic primary election solved a lot of awkward moments that could have taken place on Beacon Hill if the vote had turned out differently. First, imagine if Lowell City Councilor Corey Robinson had won the…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (542+ words) TYNGSBORO — Office space at the building at 100 Potash Hill Road remains under active consideration as a public safety building, accommodating both fire and police departments, even as the Fire Station Building Committee has prepared a report on cutting the cost…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (246+ words) Lowell Sun Lots of art abounds when September rolls around and thoughts turn to more serious stuff than beach picnics and summer shenanigans. Buy art and see how it’s made while you talk to the artists who make the art…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (939+ words) During Councilor Robinson’s very accomplished five-year tenure on the Lowell City Council, alongside his prior labor advocacy as a union leader, he has proven that he doesn’t just talk about problems, he works 24/7 to address and solve them. He consistently…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (860+ words) The recent upbeat developments on the Devens housing front have helped mask the mounting obstacles to the construction of additional residential units on the former Army base. MassDevelopment announced earlier this month that Elite Home Builders, working with the neighborhood’s…...