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Government & Politics

  • 2024 Power 100: Marc Dohan

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    Under Dohan’s direction, NewVue runs home ownership and community development programs, while redeveloping often historic buildings into affordable and market-rate apartments.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Meg Delorier

    Updated: April 29, 2024

    Delorier stepped in as the head of Devens for state-backed lender and developer MassDevelopment in September 2022 applying years of military base management and economic development to act as the interim point-of-contact for the 4,400-acre mixed-use

    Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Kurt Isaacson

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo Updated: April 29, 2024

    Kurt Isaacson and Spectrum Health Systems stand at the forefront of treating the rising problem of addiction.

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: John Tocco

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

    Tocco’s firm is behind the development of The Cove, a seven-story mixed-use apartment building set to hang over Polar Park like a towering home run.

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Peter Dunn

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    Since becoming Chief Development Officer in 2020, Dunn has been instrumental in leading policy through pivotal years of Worcester’s economic evolution, striving to clinch the elements of a vibrant, larger city.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • WBJ names the Power 100, the most influential Central Mass. professionals in 2024

    Brad Kane Updated: April 29, 2024

    In this first-time expansion of the previous power players list, WBJ names the professionals in Central Massachusetts who most effectively wield their power to have an outsized influence on the economy and community.

    Brad Kane Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Mary Craig Ritter

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    Today, Ritter plans products and pricing fitting with Fallon’s ever-increasing focus on serving vulnerable populations. Fallon has 200,000+ members, making it a small but important link in the Mass. health plan market.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Sam Hendler

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

    Sam Hendler sees his influence in the Central Massachusetts business community as providing a critical component of any well-lived life: fun.

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Timothy Murray

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    A longtime inside power broker in Worcester and beyond, Timothy Murray pushes hard for economic development, with his latest efforts including the launch of a news organization and the development of a fund for workforce development.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • Senate Dems back wholesale extinction of competitive electric suppliers

    Alison Kuznitz and Sam Doran | State House News Service April 26, 2024

    Senate Democrats passed legislation Thursday to crack down on the competitive electric supply market and shield residential consumers from potentially expensive contracts, overcoming opposition from Republicans who offered reform measures for the

    Alison Kuznitz and Sam Doran | State House News Service April 26, 2024
  • MBTA extends Commuter Rail contract until 2027

    Sam Drysdale | State House News Service April 26, 2024

    The MBTA Board voted unanimously Thursday to extend the agency's contract with Keolis Commuter Services, which operates the authority's commuter rail network, for one year to mid-2027.

    Sam Drysdale | State House News Service April 26, 2024
  • Developer who purchased Becker College properties sells two in five-parcel $6M sale

    Eric Casey April 25, 2024

    Five Elm Park neighborhood properties in Worcester, including two purchased as Becker College was heading toward closure in 2021, have switched hands from one property management company to another.

    Eric Casey April 25, 2024
  • Mass. surpasses $6B in cannabis sales as unofficial 4/20 holiday breaks singe-day sale record

    Eric Casey April 24, 2024

    While the Massachusetts cannabis industry continues to feel growing pains, consumers’ appetite for cannabis has shown no signs of slowing. 

    Eric Casey April 24, 2024
  • Healey dismisses transportation secretary's suggestion of NH border tolls

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service April 24, 2024

    "I am focused on affordability, I am focused on competitiveness. I'm not putting tolls at the border," Healey said. "I am focused on working with the T and the secretary on ensuring what we are doing so that we improve our transit system."

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service April 24, 2024
  • Central Mass. unemployment rates drop in March

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo April 24, 2024

    Central Massachusetts has experienced a decrease in unemployment rates from February to March as the four local metropolitan areas reported on by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development all saw drops. 

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo April 24, 2024
  • Mass. unemployment rate in March remained below national rate

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo April 23, 2024

    The March unemployment rate remained unchanged from February’s revised estimate, according to a Friday press release from he Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, which sited U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

    Mica Kanner-Mascolo April 23, 2024

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