Government & Politics

More than 100 nurses from Carney Hospital and Nashoba Valley Medical Center flooded the hallway outside Gov. Maura Healey's office Wednesday morning, demanding that the state intervene and prevent bankrupt Steward Health Care from closing two hospitals in August.

A group of companies that are owed money from bankrupt Steward Health Care want a judge to mandate changes to the agreement that Massachusetts state government has to provide $30 million to support Steward hospitals "as they are transitioned to new operators in the near-term," taking issue with the way the deal gives the state the power to claw back the money.

House leadership took one issue off the table ahead of the term's final day of formal sessions, announcing plans for autumn hearings on the structure of the Cannabis Control Commission rather than attempting a late-session push to reshape the controversy-plagued agency.

Gov. Maura Healey said Monday that she lacks the authority to keep two Steward Health Care hospitals open, after the bankrupt company signaled Friday its intent to flout state regulations by prematurely shuttering Carney Hospital in Dorchester and Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer.

Gov. Maura Healey gave her OK to sweeping statewide policy changes Monday afternoon as part of the overdue fiscal year 2025 budget.

A proposed order filed in the Steward Health Care bankruptcy case outlines a "commitment" from state government in Massachusetts to provide $30 million to support Steward hospitals "as they are transitioned to new operators in the near-term."

Two lawsuits by former employees of the dispensary accuse the company of a number of wrongdoings.

Longtime Bowditch & Dewey lawyers Michael Angelini and Lou Ciavarra, along with a significant number of other attorneys are leaving the 110-year-old Worcester law firm.

Reining in prescription drug prices and subjecting industry middlemen to greater scrutiny are the next major health care reforms en route to private negotiations after the House unanimously approved legislation Wednesday.

Attendance at Worcester Red Sox games dipped slightly through the first 50 home games of 2024, but remains above league average.