Worcester Regional Research Bureau

Raising the Massachusetts' minimum wage to $15 per hour could hurt business and result in 40 percent of Worcester's workforce getting a pay raise, according to a report released Thursday from the Worcester Regional Research Bureau.

Worcester lawyer William Ritter has been nominated as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court, Gov. Charlie Baker's office announced Wednesday.

A chief executive's corner office has so long been dominated by men, it isn't always a place where a woman can feel she belongs.

HMEA and Stowe & Degon are among the five Worcester-area companies announcing recent hires and promotions.

As a follow up to its 2016 analysis highlighting the negative impacts of Worcester's dual-tax rate, the Worcester Regional Research Bureau on Tuesday outlined ways for the city council to transition into a single rate.

The city of Worcester is behind by $861 million on what it owes retired city workers and is slated to owe current employees for health care and other benefits, according to a new report.

Worcester's industrial building are 40-percent empty, as landlords can't reconcile costly upgrades with the impact on their tax bill, especially for small manufacturers.

Even with a boom of development, the city must move towards a single tax rate to keep the momentum.

With growing signs of downtown revitalization, city and business officials confront subsidized parking rates to improve infrastructure.

A report released Thursday from the Worcester Regional Research Bureau recommends the city create an independent parking division and raise parking rates, so a dedicated staff can give the proper attention to the infrastructure, service and technology improvements necessary for parking to complement the city's redevelopment plans.