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Should Boston have a vacancy tax on empty storefronts? City councilors are mulling the idea.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Cambridge City Manager Yi-An Huang signed a memorandum of understanding that allows cross-city certification for minority-owned businesses seeking government contracts.

People from immigrant communities in particular — from the Caribbean, from Africa, from other places — are opening their own businesses across the state.

Boston is investing more in Black and brown businesses. But the work is far from over.

The 6th annual Massachusetts Black Expo welcomed 1400 people, as well as Massachusetts political and financial leaders.

The new licenses will be issued directly by the city's licensing board and applications for the first round of licenses will be due by December 6, 2024.

Liquor licenses in Boston have historically been expensive and hard to come by, especially in neighborhoods like Dorchester, Mattapan, Roxbury and more.

The city is preparing to issue a large number of new licenses for the first time in a decade, with the goal of boosting economic activity in underserved neighborhoods.

Small business owners in Boston neighborhoods that have previously been passed over or priced out of the process are applying for liquor licenses as the city prepares to issue 225 of them.

Small business owners in Boston neighborhoods that have previously been passed over or priced out of the process are applying for liquor licenses as the city prepares to issue 225 of them.

The city aims to prevent a first-come, first-served bonanza that favored white and well-connected applicants a decade ago.

Officials revealed some details on how the process would look when handing out these coveted licenses.