IN THE FINAL DAYS of the 117th Congress, lawmakers passed a $1.7 trillion Omnibus Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2023, and President Biden signed it into law. Included in this sweeping legislation are landmark investments in education, healthcare, protecting our environment, supporting working families, and investing in research an innovation. The New England Council – […]
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An economy put in a ‘medically-induced coma’
THE ECONOMIC CONVULSIONS from the coronavirus pandemic are unlike anything we’ve ever experienced. We’re not being blindsided by an unwelcome economic downturn; we have decided to set one in motion. Michael Goodman, an economic sociologist and director of the Public Policy Center at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, says the best way to understand things […]