Government & Politics

Guidelight Health, a new behavioral health treatment center, will be accepting patients at its very first location on Lincoln Street in Worcester come May 1. 

The upgrades, which are expected to be completed by February 2026, will help make the air station’s infrastructure more resilient.

Steward, a for-profit, private equity-backed system that operates several hospitals in Massachusetts, has become one of the biggest boogeymen for policymakers since its financial woes burst into public view in January.

Emily Oneschuk, a veteran and the first woman candidate for the Navy Seals, said a weeklong psilocybin retreat in Jamaica with other women veterans was a turning point in addressing her PTSD and depression.

The grants are part of the Training Resources And Internships Network, which is designed to address the skills development needs of long-term unemployed, underemployed, and new entrant adults in the state.

The parcel is part of a proposed overlay under consideration by the Town to comply with the state’s MBTA Communities Law.

The hearing put the committee created to vet all of the proposed 2024 ballot questions in an unusual position: its members are simultaneously targets of the proposed reforms, stewards of its review in the Legislature and, at least as far as the Democrats go, subordinates of the measure's chief opponents.

This fine has already become the target of proposed reform by elected officials, as District 3 Councilor George Russell, who is a real estate broker, has submitted a request to Batista to provide the City Council with an amendment to reduce the fine to $10 per day. 

Highlighted by its collaboration with the Worcester Regional Research Bureau on the legacy of redlining in the city, Worcester Business Journal took home eight awards at New England Newspaper & Press Association’s 2023 New England Better Newspaper Competition on Saturday.

Families eligible for state safety-net shelters will need to be recertified each month to remain in the overflow family shelter sites as of May 1, according to Gov. Maura Healey's office.