Associated Industries of Massachusetts

The leader of the Environmental League of Massachusetts is stepping down after a decade, to be replaced by the head of energy and climate programs at Adidas.

As lawmakers work to craft the final fiscal year 2018 budget, some of the state's largest employer organizations are imploring them to cut a Senate plan to review the cost and effectiveness of tax expenditures.

After stepping back in April from March's 16-year high water mark, business confidence rebounded in May amid optimism for the next six months, the Associated Industries of Massachusetts reported Tuesday.

After reaching a level of confidence in March not seen among Massachusetts businesses since 2004, employers in April took a slightly more dim view of the economy and their prospects, the Associated Industries of Massachusetts reported Tuesday.

Jack Healy, considered by many to be the champion of the manufacturing industry in Massachusetts for decades, passed away over the weekend, the state manufacturing advocacy group confirmed Monday.

The so-called Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, legislation Speaker Robert DeLeo has identified as a priority, got the unanimous approval of the Committee on Labor and Workforce Development last week, clearing its path to floor votes.

A business industry group reports the highest level of confidence among Massachusetts businesses since August 2004, even as uncertainty begins creeping in.

Optimism among manufacturers, a sector targeted for assistance from President Donald Trump, helped lift the latest Massachusetts business confidence reading to a 13-year high.

In the second in a series of meetings intended to mend fences with the state business community, the Senate will meet with the perhaps the state's most powerful business lobby group.

With the U.S. healthcare system in limbo, political leaders are facing a stark certainty: The state Medicaid budget is unsustainable and reform is imperative.