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Government & Politics
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Economists: State economic growth exceeded expectations last quarter
August 6, 2024MassBenchmarks Senior Contributing Editor Alan Clayton-Matthews flagged in his write-up that "Massachusetts continues to have a cost-of-living problem."
August 6, 2024
AMSC buys New Jersey firm as part of $61M deal
August 5, 2024AMSC seeks to bolster its growing presence in the defense sector through the $61.4-million purchase of a NWL, a New Jersey-based firm.
August 5, 2024
Open Sky, EcoTarium among Central Mass. nonprofits granted slice of $5M to safeguard against hate crimes and terrorist attacks
August 2, 2024Nine Worcester County nonprofits including healthcare organizations, schools, and places of worship received nearly half a million in state grants to finance security updates needed to protect them from potential hate crimes and terror attacks.
August 2, 2024
Fitchburg cannabis firm fights odor issues as it seeks approval for renovation
August 2, 2024A Fitchburg-based cannabis cultivation is seeking to construct a new extraction lab to its facility, but lingering odor issues impacting neighbors near the site are creating complications.
August 2, 2024
End of legislative session sees health care, jobs, and energy bills unresolved
August 1, 2024The collapse of negotiations across a spectrum of topics leaves several priorities in limbo, on life support or effectively dead as most rank-and-file legislators shift their attention to summer vacations.
August 1, 2024
Mass. House speaker pauses hospital oversight and prescription drug bills as tensions rise
August 1, 2024As frustrations between the House and Senate Democrats mounted Wednesday night into Thursday morning, House Speaker Ronald Mariano decided to take his hospital oversight bill and a prescription drug bill that the Senate has prioritized off the neg
August 1, 2024
Nurses protest outside Gov. Healey's office to halt Nashoba Valley Medical Center closure
July 31, 2024More 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
July 31, 2024
Creditors challenge $30M in state aid for Steward hospitals
July 31, 2024A 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
July 31, 2024
Legislators hold off on cannabis agency overhaul
July 31, 2024House 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
July 31, 2024
Healey: 'Nothing I can do' to stop Nashoba Valley Medical Center closure
July 30, 2024Gov. 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
July 30, 2024
Healey approves budget: Free community college, online lottery products, free regional transit rides among provisions signed into law
July 30, 2024Gov. Maura Healey gave her OK to sweeping statewide policy changes Monday afternoon as part of the overdue fiscal year 2025 budget.
July 30, 2024-
Steward Health seeks $30M from Mass. in emergency motion
July 29, 2024A 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."
July 29, 2024 
Lawsuits accuse Worcester dispensary of gender discrimination, violations of state regulations
July 26, 2024Two lawsuits by former employees of the dispensary accuse the company of a number of wrongdoings.
July 26, 2024
Michael Angelini leading exodus of Bowditch & Dewey attorneys to start Worcester office for Boston-based firm
July 25, 2024Longtime 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.
July 25, 2024
Mass. House unanimously passes prescription drug cost overhaul
July 25, 2024Reining 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.
July 25, 2024
Worcester to again make Polar Park debt payments without dipping into general fund
July 23, 2024Attendance at Worcester Red Sox games dipped slightly through the first 50 home games of 2024, but remains above league average.
July 23, 2024
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