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In a city with high-profile industries like higher education and health care, the biggest businesses tend to be tax-exempt.

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

For more than two decades, Cynthia Gray has worked as a business analyst, collaborating with companies to solve complex problems. As demand for her services grows, she is recruiting young people into the industry.

A timeline to open the Red Sox ballpark by 2021 leaves the city little wiggle room to buy and relocate businesses in just a few months.

When international healthcare company Optum bought Reliant Medical Group for $28 million on March 31, the Worcester physician group's foundation was spun out as an independent entity.

An increasing amount of primary care is being provided by agencies set up specifically with low-income and marginalized people in mind: federally qualified community health centers.

Worcester is designated a Gateway City by state law, which creates an economic boost through increased funds for development.

While a nonprofit board may get involved in the weeds and deal with any number of tactical issues, all boards need to take the long view and be aware of their long-term viability.

Tenet Healthcare has sold nine hospitals since August and will sell four more, but the company has made no suggestion it will offload Saint Vincent Hospital or MetroWest Medical Center.

Having too few players dictating the level of care in the region and seeing more investment in high margin areas of specialty does appear concerning.