Government & Politics

The person chosen by Massachusetts cannabis regulators to be the next executive director of the Cannabis Control Commission has declined the position at the troubled agency.

Secretary of State Bill Galvin's office says successful ballot questions do not take effect until 30 days after election results are certified by the governor and Governor's Council, a process that's slated to unfold later Wednesday.

"It's important that we focus our resources and concentrate on things that are going to have an impact," said Commissioner of Higher Education Noe Ortega during Tuesday's Board of Higher Education meeting.

As newer businesses are looking to bring new life into the Worcester-invented pastime of candlepin bowling, the...

On Wednesday, the CCC plans to meet to review an Open Meeting Law complaint that O'Brien lodged last month, alleging that the agency improperly redacted the video of an April 2023 executive session that it supplied in response to a public records request the former chair made.

The CCC planned to include social consumption sites in its initial 2018 launch of the legal industry before it bowed to pressure from Beacon Hill to focus on the retail rollout first.

The closure will mark the end of a near-six-year run for the small craft brewery, which saw it navigate a global pandemic while becoming a prominent member of the city’s small business scene.

Top Democrats suggested they're open to Gov. Maura Healey's legislative push to minimize upheaval for hundreds of commercial drivers, in the process lamenting a bipartisan failure that contributed to the need for action so late in the lawmaking term.

Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance, a Worcester-based nonprofit addressing homelessness through initiatives aimed at promoting long-term housing stability, has teamed up with the City of Worcester to open a Day Resource Center for the community’s unhoused population. 

Worcester County state, local, and nonprofit agencies have received a slice of nearly $3.8 million in federal funding to help mitigate intimate partner violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and stalking in the local community.