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Business Leaders of the Year: Koopman Lumber's third generation reaches new heights
Updated: February 24, 2025Now in its third generation of family ownership, Whitinsville-based Koopman Lumber has expanded from a single retail hardware store to a network of a dozen locations spread across Massachusetts.
Updated: February 24, 2025
Business Leaders of the Year: Quinn willed his brother's restaurant dreams into a success
Updated: February 24, 2025Quinn has been a successful restaurateur for almost a decade, but when he started, he had no experience.
Updated: February 24, 2025
UMass Chan roundtable: Trump's NIH and Medicaid cuts will lead to company closures, job losses, and a reduction in quality of health care
February 21, 2025Central Massachusetts community leaders, business owners, and patients are sounding alarm bells over the calamitous effects of the Trump Administration's proposed NIH and Medicaid funding.
February 21, 2025
State regulators order utilities companies to reduce gas bills by 5%
February 21, 2025Bay Staters struggling to afford hefty energy bills this winter could soon see modest relief.
February 21, 2025
Advocates express concern about Healey plan to implement vocational school lotteries
February 21, 2025Some of the same advocates who have long pushed for changes are already vocal about their concerns with the proposal, arguing that it would fall short of fulfilling Gov. Maura Healey's "promise of fairer admissions."
February 21, 2025
Opponents rally against White Stadium renovations
February 20, 2025Tensions ratcheted up Wednesday over plans to renovate White Stadium and use it as the home for a professional women's soccer team, spilling over into the budding race for Boston mayor.
February 20, 2025
WHA receives $23M from state for Lakeside Apartments redevelopment
February 20, 2025The Worcester Housing Authority has received $22.5 million in state subsidies and tax credits to redevelop the Lakeside Apartments.
February 20, 2025
Judge outlines deadlines relating to fired CCC chair's appeal
February 19, 2025Ocean State Job Lot appears set to open a store in Webster, following a $14.5-million purchase of a plaza, the site of a former Big Lots location.
February 19, 2025
MassDevelopment completes merger with fellow quasi-public agency
February 18, 2025The merger was required under a November 2024 economic development law.
February 18, 2025
Mass. regulators approve raise of insurance deductible limits
February 18, 2025Regulators approved higher deductible limits for health plans in 2026, but stressed reforms are needed to tackle affordability concerns and ensure Bay Staters don't end up "self-rationing" care.
February 18, 2025
Healey calls for urgent customer relief as energy bills soar
February 18, 2025With Bay Staters facing skyrocketing energy bills, Gov. Maura Healey demanded Sunday that a state regulatory agency and utility companies provide urgent relief to customers.
February 18, 2025
Campbell, 15 other state AGs issue guidance telling employers DEI policies are lawful
February 14, 2025"The President’s Order is an attempt to bully employers into eliminating lawful policies that we know reduce complaints of illegal discrimination, increase a company’s bottom line, and improve workforce culture and consumer experience," Campbell
February 14, 2025
Redacted court filing adds some insight into state treasurer’s decision to fire former CCC chair
February 14, 2025Goldberg fired O'Brien in September 2024 after considering about 19 hours of meetings held last summer as well as two outside investigations, various documents, case law and policies. O'Brien is contesting her firing and has appealed it through
February 14, 2025
Head Start asks state legislature for staff pay raises
February 13, 2025Massachusetts Head Start programs employed 4,212 people in the 2023-2024 program year.
February 13, 2025
UMass economist: State has recovered from COVID, but federal research funding cuts could be catastrophic
February 12, 2025Speaking at a WBJ event on Tuesday, Melnik said proposed cuts could have a significant negative impact on the state.
February 12, 2025
UMass Chan raises alarm over NIH funding, as judge temporarily blocks Trump’s cuts
February 11, 2025UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester is sounding the alarms over plans by the Trump Administration to significantly cut the money spent on biomedical and public health research.
February 11, 2025
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