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AIM to Close Offices in Honor of Inauguration Day
Associated Industries of Massachusetts, the statewide business association, will close its offices on Inauguration Day, January 20, to…
January 13, 2021
Read MoreBusiness Confidence Remains Flat to Close out 2020
Confidence among Massachusetts businesses remained flat during the final month of 2020 as employers ended a tumultuous year…
January 11, 2021
Read MoreHere’s a Summary of the Legislature’s 2019-2020 Session
The Massachusetts Legislature ended an extended 2019-2020 session on January 5 having passed significant laws dealing with everything…
January 11, 2021
Read MoreState Extends Capacity Limitations
Governor Charlie Baker announced yesterday that the temporary orders to reduce capacity and limit gatherings that were put into effect on…
January 8, 2021
Read MoreLegislature Passes Economic Development, Transportation Bills
The Massachusetts Legislature wrapped up its two-year session near sunrise this morning by passing both a $626 million…
January 6, 2021
Read MoreHealth-Care Law Addresses Telehealth, Surprise Billing, COVID
Governor Charlie Baker on January 1 signed into law compromise health-care legislation known as S.2984, An Act promoting…
January 4, 2021
Read MoreSpeaker Mariano Provides Stable Transition on Beacon Hill
The election of Ronald Mariano as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives provides a welcome dose of…
January 3, 2021
Read MoreAIM Expresses Thanks to Outgoing Speaker DeLeo
Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM), its 3,500 member companies and their thousands of employees thank Robert A. DeLeo…
December 30, 2020
Read MoreBaker Administration Allocates $668 Million to Small-Business Grant Program
The Baker administration announced yesterday that an additional $668 million will be allocated to a popular grant program to help…
December 24, 2020
Read MoreGovernor Announces New Capacity Restrictions
Today Governor Baker announced new temporary orders to reduce capacity across many businesses to 25% from the current 40% for most businesses (See graph below). The new orders go into…
December 22, 2020
Read MoreAIM Calls for Urgent Freeze on Unemployment Tax Rates for 2021
Associated Industries of Massachusetts has worked tirelessly with elected officials on both the state and federal levels to…
December 21, 2020
Read MoreStimulus Bill Would Re-Invigorate PPP; Clarify Tax Status
Congressional negotiators announced agreement Sunday on a $900 billion COVID-19 economic relief package, delivering help to businesses and…
December 21, 2020
Read MoreExperts to Discuss Vaccine Implications for Employers
Dr. Michael Collins, the Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, understands better than most people the…
December 13, 2020
Read MoreAIM Honors Five Companies with 2020 Sustainability Awards
Five companies ranging from a global biopharmaceutical innovator to a 97-year-old central Massachusetts construction company that builds critical…
December 10, 2020
Read MoreGovernor Announces Rollback of Re-Opening Plan
Effective Sunday, December 13, Massachusetts will roll back to Step 1 of Phase 3 under a new announcement by Governor Baker. These changes…
December 8, 2020
Read MoreEmployer Confidence Strengthens During November
Confidence among Massachusetts businesses last month rose to its highest level since February, inching toward optimism as vaccines…
December 7, 2020
Read MoreLegislature Avoids Broad-Based Tax Increases in Proposed Budget
Editor’s Note – The following article was written by Brad MacDougall, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs at…
December 6, 2020
Read MoreAIM Honors Six Companies with Next Century Awards
A century-old manufacturer finding innovative ways to thrive in Holyoke, a family business founded by immigrants from Mexico…
November 23, 2020
Read MoreGiving Thanks in a Time of Uncertainty
It is perhaps a sign of the times in which we live that the governor of the state…
November 21, 2020
Read MoreAIM Elects Five Business Leaders to Board of Directors
Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) has elected five distinguished business leaders to its board of directors. Members of…
November 13, 2020
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