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Worcester adding to state’s growing climate tech industry, even as Trump Administration impacts loom

About 115,000 people are now employed in the Massachusetts clean energy industry, with Worcester playing a key role in the industry’s ecosystem.

Franklin nursing facility owner cited $1.1M for unpaid wages

The owner of Alpha Healthcare, a Swansea-based skilled nursing facility with a location in Franklin, has been cited about $1.1 million for penalties and unpaid wages to hundreds of employees.

Millionaires tax could generate up to $3B in fiscal 2025

The Department of Revenue reported last month that the state had collected just less than $2.6 billion from the 4% surtax between July 1, 2024 and April 30, 2025, surpassing the $2.46 billion that the surtax generated in fiscal 2024 in just 10 months of fiscal 2025. 

Bill would require public construction projects worth $1M+ to include apprentices

Within six months of its passage, 5% of all hours building public construction projects will have to be done by apprentices. After one year, 10%, and after two years, 15%. 
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Health insurers file for steep rate increases

The Division of Insurance in the coming weeks will review 2026 merged market rates submitted by carriers, which average out to a 13.4% hike that's more than twice as large as the 4.8% growth regulators approved two years ago.

Bill looks to make it easier for small businesses to transition to employee ownership

Warning that a "silver tsunami" of Baby Boomer businessowners looking to sell in the next 15 to 20 years could lead to vanishing local small businesses, advocates asked lawmakers Thursday to provide incentives for employee ownership structures.

Federal court temporarily blocks Trump Administration efforts to close Job Corps centers in Grafton and Devens

A federal judge had ordered the Trump Administration to stop its attempts to shutter Job Corps centers across the country, including in Grafton and Devens. 

House passes bill calling for cannabis commission overhaul and end of rule limiting owners to three dispensary licenses

Asked what makes the CCC's existing model unworkable, Mariano said it was a structural problem but gave a conflicted explanation.
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Former Worcester senator pleads guilty to firearm larceny charges

Former Sen. Dean Tran of Fitchburg pleaded guilty to three state charges Monday in connection with stealing a firearm from an elderly constituent and misleading investigators about it, according to the attorney general's office.

Lawmakers pile on amendments to cannabis bill

Rep. Marcus Vaughn of Wrentham proposed an amendment (#6) to put limits on the potency of legal marijuana products.
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