Bay State bosses are just as jittery as consumers and are slamming the brakes on hiring until a clearer picture emerges of where the economy is headed, experts told the Herald yesterday.

A newly approved plan to redevelop the Christian Science Plaza will alter one of Boston’€™s most unusual public spaces, adding three modern towers to its edges and reconstructing its famed reflecting pool.

From a makeshift stage in Harlem on Tuesday, Representative Charlie Rangel, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Assemblyman Keith Wright, and leaders from the National Urban League, a nonprofit social services provider, touted proposed legislation to combat youth unemployment. Termed the Urban Jobs Act, during its first year the legislation would provide $20 million in grants to national […]

Morehouse’€™s Journalism and Sports Program director Ron Thomas will be recognized by Sport in Society and the Northeastern University School of Journalism with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Sports Journalism.

Detroit’s plan to put more police officers on the streets in response to a string of deadly shootings during the weekend may work as a short-term fix, but it may cost the city more in terms of money and likely won’t prevent more killings, according to criminologists, police officers and council members.

If you are having trouble growing the perfect garden in your backyard, chances are the problem may lie beneath the surface. Your quality of your topsoil is key, but you probably have no idea just how good or bad the soil in your backyard is.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) swung by Jackson Heights, Queens on Tuesday to push a bill she hopes will address the daunting problem of youth unemployment. Called the Urban Jobs Act, the legislation she is sponsoring would send non-profits $20 million nationwide in its first year to give 18 to 24 year olds skills training, mentoring, […]

Norfolk County Sheriff Michael G. Bellotti has joined forces with Northeastern University to conduct a comprehensive study of the effectiveness of inmate programs designed to prepare offenders to be productive members of society after finishing their sentences at the Norfolk County Correctional Center in Dedham.

The Massachusetts economy wasn’t in great shape during the early aughts. As Mitt Romney’s opponents like to point out, the Bay State ranked 47th out of 50 states in terms of job creation from 2003 to 2007. It was only one of two states to have no growth in its resident labor force between 2002 […]

Ronald Reagan used to say that political campaigns are won by those who make their case in primary colors, not soft or muted pastels. What he was really saying was that strong and compelling leadership requires a clear and candid statement of principles – what you are for and what you are against. Franklin Delano […]

Alex is standing outside the “peace wall” in Peckham, a woodchip board covering the broken window of Rye Lane’s Poundland, which is full of messages of community solidarity. His explanation for why he was at the riots is rather less civil minded.

??Only one woman on the “Super Committee”?