 Business Monday · The Boston economy in 3 minutes Monday, November 2, 2026 | The Daily Spotlight · Presented By This spot is open. Reach 8,000+ Bostonians before 7am, in the email they open with coffee. | Weather 🌤️ 70° / 49° Mostly sunny today, high 70. Tonight: partly cloudy, low 49. · full forecast → | The T Today ● RL ● OL ● GL ● BL Green Line trains are scheduled to be back through downtown after the weekend shutdown. C branch trains skip Hawes St and St. Paul St outbound through Nov. 7; Symphony stays closed. · live status → | Roads Weekday work starts today: lane closures on Route 28 and Route 60 in Medford, 7am to 3:30pm, and on Route 38 in Somerville and Route 1A in Revere, 9am to 3pm. |
| The number: 7.24% — Freddie Mac’s average 30-year mortgage rate for the week of Oct. 29, down from 7.32% the week before. | | Brigham nurses set an open-ended strike for Nov. 12 More than 4,000 nurses at Brigham and Women’s Hospital gave 10-day notice Sunday of an open-ended strike starting Nov. 12 at 7am, per 7News. They rejected Mass General Brigham’s final offer last month over pay; it gave top-of-scale nurses 2.5% raises a year for two years, per WBUR. Talks resume Nov. 9. The story What it means for you: if you have care booked at the Brigham from Nov. 12 and no deal is reached, expect changes. During July’s one-day strike the hospital brought in 1,300 travel nurses and kept the main campus running mostly as normal, but moved surgeries at its Foxborough center, per WBUR. | Nearly 600 tip and wage complaints have been filed against more than 500 Boston-area restaurants since 2024, per the attorney general’s office via Boston Magazine. More | Central Square’s $39 million accessibility upgrade has slipped: a 2023 update promised mid-2026; the T has since listed late 2028, per Cambridge Day. More | The MBTA wants developers for its 3.6-acre garage next to Lynn’s commuter rail station; qualifications are due Dec. 16, per Banker & Tradesman. More | Question 7 on Tuesday’s ballot would allow single-family homes on lots of at least 5,000 square feet with town water and sewer, per Banker & Tradesman. More |
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