Senate President Karen Spilka said she will explore removing the sales tax on construction materials for multifamily projects that are otherwise ready to be built.
The escalating trade war between the US and China is now crippling an entire industry that hand-harvests geoducks, leaving Washington state divers without work, Seattle exporters without business, and Chinese aficionados with fewer of these prized clams.
Virtually every car seat, stroller, bassinet, and changing table sold in the US is made in China, making the children’s products industry among the most vulnerable to fast-rising costs and shortages.
The Fed kept its rate at 4.3 percent for the third straight meeting, after cutting it three times in a row at the end of last year, brushing off President Trump’s demands to lower borrowing costs.
Sheba Medical Center — the largest hospital in the Middle East located outside of Tel Aviv — will establish an “ARC Accelerator” facility in Greater Boston that is focused on digital and AI health care innovations.
