Dubious distinction worries Massachusetts
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What's wrong with the only state to lose residents in new census data?
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In a season in which the University of Massachusetts has flirted with the possibility of an NCAA Tournament appearance, the Minutemen continue to look ahead to their seeding in the Atlantic 10 tournament as the opportunity for an at-large bid dwindles.
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A gap is emerging in Massachusetts between innovation and job creation, as the state's high-tech workforce continues to shrink despite the growth of a robust technology infrastructure, according to a report being released today by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative.
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With the biggest America East game of the season on tap at rival Vermont Sunday, Boston University ran the risk of overlooking the University of Maryland-Baltimore County last night.
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NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH -- By its own modest standards, Massachusetts is experiencing a homebuilding boom. Through the first nine months of 2004, the state issued permits for more than 15,000 units of new housing, up about 10 percent from the same period a year ago. If the current pace continues, Massachusetts would build more housing this year than it has in ...
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PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Massachusetts has lost in a variety of ways at the Liacouras Center since it opened in 1997.
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The presidential candidate bristles when he is accused of shifting his views since his 2002 campaign for governor of Massachusetts.
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AMHERST -- When the Commonwealth Classic was born, it more than lived up to its name. In 1995, the occasional basketball battles between Boston College and the University of Massachusetts were codified into a yearly series. On a snowy December day, 18,974 people, paying $35 or $50 a ticket, packed the newly christened FleetCenter to watch a Final Four-bound UMass ...
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Steve Lappas voiced his concerns before his team arrived here. The 1-15 record, 0-5 conference mark, and 321st RPI ranking meant nothing to the University of Massachusetts coach. He knew any trip to snowy and isolated Olean is treacherous, regardless of the caliber of St. Bonaventure or road conditions on the nearly two-hour bus trip from Buffalo.
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AMHERST - Despite tipping off just 45 minutes before the Patriots game, the University of Massachusetts basketball contest against intrastate rival Boston University drew a season-high 4,482 fans to the Mullins Center last night.
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On first blush, today's Division 1-AA playoff game between Massachusetts and Lafayette seems to be a mismatch of colossal proportions.
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DOVER, Del. -- University of Massachusetts coach Don Brown watched the Minutemen's season opener against Delaware State yesterday from the visiting stands, as he served the first game of a three-game suspension. But the charismatic first-year mentor could have stayed home in South Hadley, Mass., and listened to the game on the radio, and the outcome likely would have been ...
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AMHERST - Yesterday's Homecoming meant a victory for the University of Massachusetts - as well as a potentially huge loss.
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Thousands of Massachusetts workers are wrongly classified as self-employed or independent contractors by employers seeking to lower costs, according to a report released jointly today by the University of Massachusetts' and Harvard University's schools of Law and Public Health. Misclassifications enable employers to avoid payroll taxes and such mandated employee benefits as unemployment and workers' compensation insurance.
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Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp professor of economics at Harvard University, directs both the Taubman Center for State Local Government and the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, think tanks studying social and economic issues. Glaeser, 40, has written extensively on housing and development issues in Massachusetts. He discussed one of his studies, that the state&#146;s restrictive regulations are largely ...
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No Massachusetts drivers, even the very worst ones, are likely to see more than a 10 percent increase in their premiums when auto insurance competition begins next year, according to two bulletins issued by the state insurance commissioner.
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Up here in the rogue state of Massachusetts, life goes on. Politicians from the American outback run against its diversity, its liberalism, painting the state as an outsider. And assorted Vandals, Huns, and Visigoths from New York batter at its civilized gates, presumably forever.