Government & Politics

Mirick O’Connell has appointed Paul Carey and Robert Kilroy as the Worcester law firm’s first-ever co-managing partners since its founding in 1916.

The private meetings, if rescheduled and held, could lead to O'Brien's firing.

The study compared Massachusetts to its bordering states and "peer" states like California, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Michigan.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts will provide up to $20 million in total reimbursements to small, independent primary care practices across Massachusetts, as it seeks to reduce patient waiting times.

Ameresco has entered into a $140-million contract to build a biogas cogeneration facility for the Sacramento Area Sewer District located at the EchoWater Resource Recovery Facility near Elk Grove, California. 

“Michelle offers a unique talent for leadership that will enhance the organization beyond measure,” Tye Jordan, chair of the chamber’s board of directors and regional director of Worcester-based Cinch I.T, said in the press release.

As the Massachusetts cannabis industry battles declining cannabis prices, lawsuits, and a number of other growing pains, a new business association has emerged.

Dressed in white lab coats, nearly 200 physician assistant students and providers on Thursday pitched their potential to help solve a health care workforce shortage that could worsen given the challenges facing Massachusetts hospitals owned by Steward Health Care.

Worcester nonprofit Latin American Health Alliance is one of 20 BIPOC-led organizations receiving $2.9 million in grants from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to help fund efforts to address substance use in their communities disproportionately affected by increases in overdose. 

Efforts to turn a former Worcester hotel into a permanent supportive housing development have received a boost from the federal government.