Government & Politics

Regulators hope to present their latest framework for the rules that will govern establishments where adults could use marijuana together in a social setting before the end of this year, more than seven years since the Cannabis Control Commission started wrestling with the topic.

Four Central Massachusetts businesses have received a combined $449,354 from a program designed to assist small and midsize manufacturers.

The U.S. Senate agreed Wednesday to ask federal prosecutors to consider criminal contempt charges against Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre.

Evelyn Darling, executive director of the Downtown Worcester Business Improvement District, has stepped down from the role.

Up to $25 million in grants are available to cannabis business owners who come from communities harmed by enforcement of past marijuana laws.

Significant work lies ahead for Steward Health Care's Massachusetts hospitals as they transition to new owners, warned Sen. Barry Finegold, who earlier this summer feared one facility might close in his district.

Millbury-based cannabis dispensary Wonderland Cannabis Co. is now open.

Other than prices creeping upwards, the Central Massachusetts single-family market saw little change since August last year.

WPI is following through with its purchase of two Gateway Park hotels.

Social equity cannabis companies say more support needed.