Topic Arts and Culture

How a minor Dickensian character foresaw-and tackled-our trouble with work/life balance,

State Rep. David Flynn, AFL-CIO president Robert Haynes, Boston College gambling expert Richard McGowan, anti-gambling activist Kathleen Conley Norbut and former attorney general Scott Harshbarger, and state Sen. Sue Tucker speak out.

A bill before the Legislature would make Massachusetts the first state to declare poker a game of skill.

Beacon Hill lawmakers took a brief intermission today to consider whether the film tax credit, worth more than $300 million over the past four years, was money well spent.

The film tax credit forces a choice.