Government & Politics

A judge late last week cleared the way for Treasurer Deborah Goldberg to hold a hearing on the potential termination of Cannabis Control Commission Chair Shannon O'Brien, but the scheduling of that meeting is now tied to an open investigation that O'Brien thinks was "going well for her" when the treasurer's team started downplaying its significance.

Researchers at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester are studying the role school nurses play in helping with daily medication adherence among children with asthma.

The total number of unemployed workers in the Greater Worcester metropolitan area rose slightly in November.

More than six months after auditors discovered the Baker administration mistakenly used federal funds to pay jobless benefits during the COVID-19 emergency instead of the state's Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, there's still no clarity on whether Massachusetts will need to repay that money or how.

Regulating artificial intelligence, creating an agricultural disaster relief fund and boosting food security emerged as areas of focus that lawmakers could tackle in 2024 following a batch of committee votes.

December is a "significant month" for state tax collections, but receipts through the month's halfway point trailed last December's pace by more than 8 percent.

For the second consecutive month, Massachusetts unemployment numbers saw a slight increase.

The hefty backlog of patients waiting to be discharged from hospitals and transferred to other treatment settings is expected to grow this winter, health leaders warned Monday.

Chaos would probably be a fitting description for the cannabis industry in general during 2023 and don’t expect that chaos to dissipate in 2024.

Real estate remains an economic driver of the region, so expect the debate over the impact of growth to intensify in 2024.