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Boston slams shut loophole in short-term rental ordinance

Short-term rental companies will no longer be able to exploit a loophole allowing them to convert clusters of apartments into “executive suites” to skirt a city law that aims to block investors from taking apartments off of the year-round rental market. The zoning commission on Wednesday closed the loophole in …
By Erin Tiernan
• Boston Herald

Subcontractors claim Wynn not paying bills for extra work at Encore Boston Harbor casino

State gambling regulators are monitoring a dispute between Encore Boston Harbor and the project’s subcontractors who claim they have not been paid tens of millions of dollars for work done at the $2.6 billion Everett casino that opened Sunday. Catherine Blue, general counsel with the Massachusetts Gaming Commission said she …
By Jonathan Ng
• Boston Herald

Fed fight club: Newton judge takes on U.S. Attorney Lelling

Indicted Judge Shelley Richmond Joseph is gunning for U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling, demanding details of any “promises made” to an illegal immigrant she’s accused of letting slip out a basement door in a Newton courthouse last year to elude ICE agents. Her attorneys want “forthwith” specifics of any deals cut …
By Jonathan Ng
• Boston Herald

Boston drivers’ choice: Parking tickets, the electric bill, lunch or diapers?

Mayor Martin Walsh’s dramatic increase of parking fines last year coupled with aggressive enforcement is putting a financial strain on people who say a single mistake can wipe out the month’s diaper budget or force them to forego lunch, while juggling other bills. Residents like Alexandra Haddad of Jamaica Plain …
By Jonathan Ng
• Boston Herald

MGM abandons talks with Wynn Resorts over sale of Encore Boston Harbor

MGM announced Tuesday evening it is abandoning talks with Wynn Resorts of a possible sale of the $2.6 billion Encore Boston Harbor. “We are committed to our Springfield community and proud of what we have accomplished including thousands of jobs and millions of dollars of revenue for small businesses in …
By Jonathan Ng
• Boston Herald

Everett, Springfield pols concerned over MGM-Wynn’s Encore Boston Harbor sale

Officials from Everett and Springfield say their cities could be dealt a bad hand should Wynn Resorts proceed with a sale of its $2.6 billion Encore Boston Harbor to MGM International Resorts. The bombshell development Friday apparently cuts out other past competitors for the Boston-area license and raises questions about …
By Jonathan Ng
• Boston Herald

National Grid’s 7-month lockout cost utility $362 million

National Grid said the work done by contractors during the seven-month lockout in Massachusetts cost the company $362 million, according to its annual financial report. “During the protracted labour dispute, we brought in contractors and additional supervision to ensure that we completed our work safely, particularly during the peak winter …
By Jonathan Ng
• Boston Herald

Gaming Commission billed $768G for Wynn legal work

Massachusetts gambling regulators were billed at least $768,000 by five law firms to defend a lawsuit lodged by casino magnate Steve Wynn against the agency and its chief investigator, but Wynn Resorts will ultimately foot the bill. In response to a public records request filed by the Herald, the Massachusetts …
By Jonathan Ng
• Boston Herald

Wynn Resorts fined $35M, can keep license and open in June

Wynn Resorts has been hit with a record $35 million fine but will keep its license, clearing the way for Wynn’s $2.6 billion Encore Boston Harbor casino in Everett to open as planned in less than two months. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission also ruled Wynn Resorts CEO Matt Maddox will …
By Jonathan Ng
• Boston Herald

Feds, Walsh officials file new trial date requests in 2014 Boston Calling extortion scandal

Federal prosecutors have asked for a mid-June trial date for the two City Hall lieutenants of Mayor Martin J. Walsh at the center of a federal extortion case. Kenneth Brissette, the city’s tourism chief, and Timothy Sullivan, chief of staff of intergovernmental relations, are facing extortion charges under the Hobbs …
By Jonathan Ng
• Boston Herald

Wynn Resorts defends CEO as state gambling regulators weigh casino license

Wynn Resorts has issued a full-throated defense of company CEO Matthew Maddox in a 49-page legal brief to state gambling regulators after company executives were grilled over the handling of sexual misconduct allegations against former CEO Steve Wynn. Through its attorneys, Wynn Resorts argued that the commission’s Investigations and Enforcement …
By Jonathan Ng
• Boston Herald

USO-Style Show Takes Audience on Sentimental Journey

Thanks to For Sentimental Reasons, the big band sound of the World War II era is alive and swinging throughout New England. Fronted by Dorchester native and Quincy resident Sean Roper, For Sentimental Reasons is a performance group that re-creates a "live" USO-style radio broadcast, circa 1944, via Armed Services …
By Joe O'Shea
• Boston Herald

Investigators slam ‘corporate failures’ in Wynn report

Investigators from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission determined ‘inaction and failure’ among executives at Wynn Resorts played a role in the neglect to disclose allegations of sexual misconduct against then CEO Steve Wynn at the time the company secured it’s Boston area casino license. Investigators write, “the significant changes in leadership, …
By Jonathan Ng
• Boston Herald

Casino memo: ‘Breakdown’ during Steve Wynn era over

Wynn Resorts executives will attempt to convince state gambling regulators that they’ve completely transformed the battered casino company after sexual misconduct allegations cost former CEO Steve Wynn his job and has tarnished the brand, a Wynn memo states. The memo, provided to the Herald by Wynn Resorts, comes as the …
By Jonathan Ng
• Boston Herald

Gaming Commission releases heavily redacted records in Wynn case

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has released heavily redacted minutes of closed-door meetings and its deal ending Steve Wynn’s lawsuits that show the board must omit significant information when deciding whether to let Wynn Resorts keep its Boston casino license — though investigators say they kept “absolutely critical” evidence.
By Jonathan Ng
• Boston Herald

GE to sell Fort Point property; scales back HQ plans

General Electric said Thursday it will reimburse the state nearly $87.4 million for incentives it received to move its headquarters to Boston, as details emerged about the sale of the company’s Fort Point Channel property. The company and MassDevelopment, a quasi-public agency, reached a deal to sell the property on …
By Jonathan Ng
• Boston Herald

Fidelity plans major Seaport WTC redevelopment

Fidelity Investments said it has filed detailed plans with the city for a “transformative project” to redevelop the Seaport World Trade Center on the Commonwealth Pier. Real estate developer Pembroke, the real estate and development arm of Fidelity, said Wednesday it has filed with the Boston Planning & Development Agency …
By Jonathan Ng
• Boston Herald

City councilors seek to halt South Boston condo plans

A pair of city councilors have moved to throw the brakes on a massive South Boston condo proposal, slamming the city’s development agency and the project’s developers for moving ahead without necessary agreements in place. “It is irrational, illogical, premature, and fundamentally unfair to the South Boston community,” City Councilor-at-Large …
By Jonathan Ng
• Boston Herald

Carbon Free Boston panel pushes $5 charge for cars on city streets

The Carbon Free Boston Working Group that Mayor Martin J. Walsh set up to combat climate change is pushing a $5 “congestion fee” to cut the number of cars in downtown areas, but City Hall is double-clutching on the hot-button plan. The Boston Green Ribbon Commission and Boston University report, …
By Jonathan Ng
• Boston Herald

Lawmakers file bill for oversight, transparency on Southie condo plan

State lawmakers filed legislation Friday to have oversight of the Massport deed restriction in South Boston, as developers plan to build swanky condos and hotels at the former Edison power plant. The bill, An Act Relative to Public Land Use Restrictions, was filed Friday by state Sen. Nick Collins and …
By Jonathan Ng
• Boston Herald

City OKs 443-unit residential project at Boston Cab site

A plan to redevelop the site of Boston Cab in Fenway into residential units cleared a key hurdle Thursday, paving the way for 443 new housing units. The Boston Planning & Development Agency board approved developers’ plans to create 443 residential units in two eight-story buildings, totaling over 420,000 square …
By Jonathan Ng
• Boston Herald

Boston-based State Street Corp. to lay off 1,500 employees

Despite beating Wall Street’s earnings expectations, State Street Corp. announced it will lay off employees to cut costs and increase automation services. The Boston-based custody bank said Friday it will reduce its employee headcount by 1,500 jobs, or roughly 6 percent of its total workforce, including a 15 percent reduction …
By Jonathan Ng
• Boston Herald

Ex-pharma CEO pleads guilty to kickbacks to doctors for opioid prescriptions

A former pharmaceutical chief executive pleaded guilty to playing a part in a sophisticated scheme to give kickbacks to doctors who prescribed his company’s fentanyl-based opioid drugs — a move one top lawyer said is one step toward the goal of cutting down the corrupt greed that’s “alive and well …
By Jonathan Ng
• Boston Herald

Special Report: Gas leaks plague Bay State

Gov. Charlie Baker took a victory lap Saturday touting the Merrimack Valley’s economic recovery after September’s deadly gas explosions — but state records investigated by the Herald show that months before the region was rocked by fire, the state’s crumbling infrastructure and gas leaks made the blasts almost inevitable. The …
By Jonathan Ng
• Boston Herald