| | | | | Mass. unemployment rises to 4.2% | | The unemployment rate in Massachusetts rose to 4.2 percent in May -- up from 3.9 percent in April -- as the state added 2,900 jobs, according to an announcement Thursday from the state Executive Office of Labor & Workforce Development. | | Read more >> |
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| Father and son indicted for MassHealth fraud | | A father and son serving as a personal care attendant surrogate and a PCA for a family member allegedly submitted fraudulent timesheets to MassHealth and defrauded the state's Medicaid program of over $10,000. | | Read more >> | | Marijuana discussion pushed off till next week | | House leadership-backed legislation overhauling the marijuana law approved by voters last year came under fire from multiple sides Wednesday and by the end of the day, Speaker Robert DeLeo opted to push off Thursday's planned debate to next week. | | Read more >> | | "Slight" tuition increases likely at UMass | | University of Massachusetts students will be hit with at least a "slight" tuition and fee increase in the coming school year, UMass President Marty Meehan said Wednesday, but tuition and fees will not be set until July when officials hope to have a better handle on their budget picture. | | Read more >> | |
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| | | | | | Question of the Week | Tuesday we asked: While the Greendale Mall in Worcester has been struggling for years, it's not necessarily an outlier: Malls practically everywhere are facing increasingly difficult challenges, both from online retailers, changing consumer habits and rising property costs. According to Credit Suisse, more than 8,000 retail locations will close this year, about four times as many as last year and far surpassing the roughly 6,000 that closed in 2008 during the Great Recession. | What should malls do to stay relevant going forward? |  | - Any mall needs to be a destination. I can't imagine the Mall of America closing. This could be theaters, grocery store, casino's, etc. What is the draw when it is so easy to just order online.
- There is no one solution.
- Adding a grocery store will not improve the mall business unless it is a Walmart and they are in strip malls and not in enclosed malls.
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