It’s been a busy year for the MASSterList job board, reflecting two phenomena: job growth and a shrinking labor pool. As the year closes, and with Matt off this week and thus no one around to stop me, I’m free to get a little nerdy with job data and gaze into the crystal ball. The question […]
Keith Regan
Keith Regan is a freelance writer and local news junkie who has been on the MASSterList morning beat since the newsletter’s earliest days. A graduate of Northeastern University and Emerson College, Regan lives in Hopkinton with his wife, Lisa.
Next Stop: Realityville, for East-West Rail
George Donnelly’s hopelessly misguided ML lede yesterday proved he hasn’t cruised out West on the Pike lately, or he might not be so sanguine about the playful harmlessness of the cannabis industry, which bombards every tween riding in a car between Charlton and Chicopee with a relentless billboard campaign extolling the virtues of THC. But […]
Getting greener: After starting slow, MA cannabis industry reaches critical mass
I haven’t gotten very far in my Christmas shopping (hey, it’s not Dec. 23rd yet), but I’m remembering a Yankee swap gift I brought to a gathering that was a surprise hit: a pack of THC gummy edibles. I thought it would be a fun gag, and instead it turned out to be a hotly contested […]
More money than Beacon Hill can figure out how to spend (but give them time)
Warnock wins: The state’s all-Democratic delegation was among those cheering from afar Tuesday night as Sen. Raphael Warnock won a narrow victory in the Georgia Senate runoff over Republican Herschel Walker. Boston.com’s Susannah Subdborough has a rundown of how local pols greeted the news, mostly via Twitter. The money chase is on: We’ve never been here before. Billions in […]
Total Wine & More pours $2M into Question 3
The ballot campaign to reform the state’s liquor license laws had been shaping up to be a one-sided affair. Not anymore. Total Wine & More, the big-box alcohol retailer headquartered in Maryland, has stepped up in the absence of opposition with more than $2.1 million in media spending to oppose Question 3. The ad campaign comes after the […]