regulations

What happens in the economy as the COVID-19 panic subsides will be ultimately up to the consumers. Individuals will decide what they are comfortable with doing.

As the COVID-19 virus threat dissipates, the looming threat of regulations steps in as the new potential killer. Government regulations may kill the recovery.

At a press conference this afternoon, ABC Disposal is announcing a new policy when it comes to picking up recyclable materials in New Bedford.

Anti-smoking advocates believe they have support to advance legislation that would regulate vape pens more like cigarettes.

Small business owners are demanding relief from crippling state regulations on Beacon Hill.

Marijuana advocates want Gov. Charlie Baker and others who opposed legalization to "back off" and allow the independent cannabis regulatory body to move ahead with an industry that would include marijuana cafes, delivery-only businesses and other novel business types.

The speaker of the House added his voice Monday to the chorus pushing state marijuana regulators to scale back their vision for the legal cannabis industry in Massachusetts.

Marijuana regulators are expected to sign off on a wide-ranging set of rules for the nascent recreational cannabis industry in Massachusetts.

BOSTON (AP) _ From ``cannabis cafes'' to ``craft cooperatives,'' regulators have been laying out a vision for what a potential multibillion dollar recreational marijuana industry might look like when retail sales begin next year in Massachusetts...

Carlos Rafael, New Bedford's most prominent fisherman, is scheduled to be sentenced this week in federal court in Boston.