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Award from the Center for Advanced Manufacturing at MassTech will Fund High-Tech Equipment to Recycle Scrap Materials Used in Additive Manufacturing and Battery Production NORTH ANDOVER

We asked readers how they handle costly child care in Mass. See how they think the state should intervene on Boston.com.

We asked readers how they handle costly child care in Mass. See how they think the state should intervene on Boston.com.

More than 36 million people with federal student-loan debt have not been required to make a payment for over two years, but it could soon change. A moratorium on federal student-loan payments went into effect in March 2020 and has been extended three times, with a current expiration date of May 1. Rome Busa, director of adult programs and services for College Now in Greater Cleveland, pointed out with the average Ohio college graduate facing an average loan debt of roughly $30,000, the benefit...

A new report finds technology is changing many industries in Massachusetts, and the state needs to upgrade its workforce development capacity to accommodate the shift and help people get better jobs. The study, from the states Future of Work Commission, established by the General Court in 2020, noted the typical worker in Massachusetts is now expected to have more than 12 different jobs in the course of their career. Sen. ...

An increasing number of jobs across Missouri require some level of training or education beyond high school, but rural students are less likely than their urban or suburban peers to enroll in and finish college. The rootEd Alliance wants to change it, by bringing career counselors into school districts to complement the work guidance counselors are already doing. They can focus on students opportunities after graduation, from a work credential or bachelors degree to the military. ...

“The future of work … isn't coming. It's actually here.” Read more on Boston.com.

Massachusetts Attorney General supports the expansion of gambling in the Commonwealth, plus other gubernatorial hopefuls also back measure.

State Sen. Patrick OConnor, R- Weymouth is urging lawmakers to suspend the states 24 cent gas tax through Labor Day.

A new report by the Future of Work Commission, which was tasked with looking at ways the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the economy, has identified a number of ways the