In a 6-4 vote on Wednesday, the Worcester City Council rejected the effort by UMass Chan Medical School to rename the Plantation streets, due to the name’s connection to slavery.
Latinos for Education kicked off Hispanic Heritage Month Wednesday with a celebration of the organization's fifth anniversary, with Latino educators joining advocates and legislators in Great Hall.
The board of directors of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has named its first female CEO, Sarah Iselin, the Boston-based health insurer announced at the end of August.
The four active Worcester construction projects benefiting from the City of Worcester’s tax break program are falling short of their goals in hiring city residents, people of color, and women.
Five years since its creation and now made up entirely of a second wave of commissioners, the Cannabis Control Commission and the legal marijuana sector that it oversees are at a critical crossroads and regulators are gearing up for a rulemaking round that one commissioner said could "make or break" the industry here.
A report commissioned from Quincy’s Letterman White Consulting LLC by the City of Worcester, paints a grim picture of the diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts of the city government.