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Seven Worcester businesses participate in Interise minority business academy
July 17, 2023Interise, a Boston-based nonprofit with the goal of providing resources and assistance to minority-owned or low-income area-based organizations, has brought its NextStage Minority Business Entrepreneur Academy and NextStage Accelerator to Central
July 17, 2023
Two Worcester cultural organizations receive MassDevelopment grants totaling $72K
July 7, 2023Worcester artists collective El Salón and community radio station, WCUW, each received MassDevelopment Transformative Development Initiative (TDI) Creative Catalyst Grants for projects serving their communities.
July 7, 2023
Lawmakers renew push for translated nursing assistant exams
July 7, 2023Aspiring nurse aides should be allowed to take the certification exam in languages other than English, lawmakers and advocates said Thursday as they sought to revive support for a measure that died at the legislative finish line last year.
July 7, 2023
Healey wants state to award $36M in contracts to LGBTQ, disability businesses
June 30, 2023State agencies should aim to spend $18 million with LGBT-owned businesses and $18 million with disability-owned businesses in the new fiscal year that starts Saturday, Gov. Maura Healey announced on the final day of Pride Month.
June 30, 2023
As part of ongoing push for LGBTQ+ resources, Healey launches online hubs
June 28, 2023The Gov. Maura Healey Administration has created two new online resource hubs for the LGBTQ+ community, intended to ease access to behavioral and mental health services and support.
June 28, 2023
Helping people: The new Abby's House leader brings a decade of experience serving vulnerable residents
Updated: June 26, 2023As Abby’s House begins an expansion, the nonprofit’s new executive director brings a decade of experience serving vulnerable Central Mass. residents.
Updated: June 26, 2023
Q&A: Leicester curiosity shop delights in the whimsical, witchy, and retro
Updated: June 26, 2023Vintage Rebel Curiosity Shop in Leicester refers to itself as “We’re one of those ‘don't know you need it until you see it’ kind of stores.”
Updated: June 26, 2023
Report points to growth of Asian-American businesses in Mass.
June 22, 2023The payrolls of Asian-owned businesses in Massachusetts grew from $1.2 billion to nearly $4 billion over the 18-year period ending in 2020, according to a new report that collates information from national and local sources.
June 22, 2023
Senate leader sees different path to competitive edge
June 16, 2023Amid debate over how to keep Massachusetts competitive and how tax cuts figure into that goal, Senate President Karen Spilka emphasized Thursday the importance of "shoring up and expanding" the state's middle class.
June 16, 2023
The Cove development in Worcester has awarded $7.7M to diverse subcontractors
June 15, 2023The Cove, a seven-story development abutting Polar Park in Worcester, has awarded 18% of its contracts so far going to subcontractors run by women or people of color.
June 15, 2023
Education consortium names Holy Cross president as next chair
June 8, 2023The Higher Education Consortium of Central Massachusetts board has selected Vincent Rougeau, president of The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester as its next board chair, effective July 1.
June 8, 2023
Fare-free MBTA bus pilot sputters out in Senate
May 30, 2023A group of senators were unable to convince their colleagues to recommend money for the MBTA to run fare-free bus pilot programs.
May 30, 2023
Resuscitated: Family Health Center's return from the brink
Updated: May 29, 2023After closing key facilities and operating on mere hours of cash, the Family Health Center of Worcester is in a more stable financial position, in part due to higher insurance reimbursements.
Updated: May 29, 2023
Level up: Fitchburg State's game design program puts it near forefront of $57B industry
Updated: May 29, 2023Fitchburg State's game design program positions students and the school near the forefront of a $57 billion industry.
Updated: May 29, 2023
WBJ wins eight awards in regional journalism competition
May 26, 2023Worcester Business Journal has been honored by the New England Newspaper & Press Association for coverage of diversity, equity, and inclusion issues, along with Polar Park, opinion commentary, editorial cartoons, and special sections on
May 26, 2023
Birthing center expansion eyed as use for state funding
May 25, 2023There's only one birth center operating in Massachusetts, but an infusion of state funding could lead to more facilities, which are designed to give pregnant people more autonomy as they choose a delivery environment outside of the traditional
May 25, 2023
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