Environment

A group seeking divestment of fossil fuel assets from the state pension fund plans to deliver a letter ahead of a meeting of the Pension Reserve Investment Management Board on Tuesday.

Not too long ago, getting Girl Scout cookies to out-of-state friends and family involved buying and shipping them out yourself. But today, Thin Mints and Samoas are just a click away.

It's one thing to set goals and priorities for your team in 2016 and each sales quarter...

Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday proposed to pour almost $1 billion over the next five years into economic development, housing and job training as part of a strategy to maintain strong job growth in the Boston region and revitalize cities and towns still struggling to take advantage of the economic upswing.

The state would be required to develop a climate change mitigation plan and meet new long-term carbon emission reduction benchmarks under legislation passed unanimously by the Senate on Thursday.

Gov. Charlie Baker has held the fiscal line for Massachusetts taxpayers and those subject to myriad governmental fees, promising no hikes in the fiscal 2017 budget.

Gov. Charlie Baker, in an unapologetic defense of his administration's focus on the nitty-gritty of governing, called Thursday night for a significant new investment in vocational schools while also pledging fiscal restraint.

The legal mandate of reducing Massachusetts greenhouse gas emissions to hit a 2020 benchmark is "achievable" if environmental policies are carried out but imperiled if the state neglects a major importation of renewable energy, according to a Baker administration report released Tuesday.

As mobile phones and tablets start to become the Internet device of choice, Central Massachusetts businesses are finding new ways to reach their customers and realizing there are more options than apps.

As Massachusetts lawmakers debate this month whether to raise the net-metering cap on solar, utility National Grid...