Economy

Boston Scientific has added a new member to its board of directors, naming Dr. Cheryl Pegus as the board’s latest addition, effective immediately. 

Dubbed the Mass Leads Act, Healey's roughly $3.5 billion proposal invests heavily in workforce development, including a $10 million-per-year pilot program to launch a statewide internship tax credit that would benefit companies recruiting from Massachusetts-based colleges.

The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination has named Michael Memmolo as the agency’s first ever executive director.

Hope might spring eternal, but the spring of 2024 hasn’t brought much hope to Central Massachusetts businesses. 

United Way of Tri-County has named Liz Leonard as director of WHEAT Community Connections, a program within the Framingham-based community support nonprofit. 

Steward Health Care, the operator of the third largest hospital system in Massachusetts, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas, seeking the legal protection to restructure its debt while leaving its hospitals open.

No reason or exact timeframe for Elmore’s departure was given.

Saint John's High School of Shrewsbury has received a significant donation from an alumnus, which the private all-boys school will use to create an accounting and finance program.

Overburdened Massachusetts hospitals are allowed through next April to keep using temporary beds to bolster their capacity to care for patients.

Cognex, a global machine vision manufacturer, has named Dennis Fehr as the new CFO and senior vice president of finance for the publicly traded company in Natick, effective Friday.