A New York nonprofit has donated $2.2 million to UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester to help fund gene therapy research on a rare and fatal genetic disorder largely impacting children and young adults.
It’s become a regular fixture on the calendar, but the dates of the 2024 sales tax holiday weekend remain up in the air and this is the week for lawmakers to put something on the books - if they're going to.
Nearly 18 months after legislative leaders kicked off the two-year term by identifying sky-high housing costs as one of their chief areas of focus, the Massachusetts House stamped its approval on a $6.5 billion plan that top Democrats believe will begin to unwind decades of sluggish production.
The developer behind a plan to convert a downtown Gardner commercial building into a 14-unit, mixed-use space has received a $250,000 loan from the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp.
House Democrats will seek a vote this week on a major housing bill that combines $6.2 billion in borrowing and tax credits with policy reforms designed to spur much-needed production, such as easier development of small, supplementary housing units on single-family lots.