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The search for sustainable change: Worcester is close to filling its long-vacant DEI role, which was restructured in hopes of creating stability
Updated: September 16, 2024The City of Worcester’s chief diversity officer position has been vacant for nearly two and a half years, a timeframe longer than any individual has held the role since its creation in 2016.
Updated: September 16, 2024
Inclusive development: The dustup over WPI’s hotel plans sparked a debate over who sits at Worcester’s tables of power
Updated: September 16, 2024The WPI hotel-to-housing controversy sparked a secondary conversation about the organization which initially led the charge by sending WPI a fiery public letter.
Updated: September 16, 2024
Waiting for a lifeline: Social equity cannabis businesses navigate the increasingly difficult industry as they await grants from a $27M fund
Updated: September 16, 2024Social equity cannabis companies say more support needed.
Updated: September 16, 2024
Unemployment strained as benefits outpace funding
September 13, 2024Four and a half years after COVID-19 upended the state's economy, joblessness remains low, total employment has surpassed pre-pandemic levels, and the fund used to pay jobless benefits has more than $2.5 billion on hand.
September 13, 2024
Fired cannabis commission leader plans legal fight, as interim chair takes over
September 11, 2024Massachusetts State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg appointed current CCC Commissioner Bruce Stebbins as acting chair of the agency on Tuesday.
September 11, 2024
Goldberg fires Cannabis Control Commission chair after year-long battle
September 9, 2024Treasurer Deborah Goldberg fired Cannabis Control Commission Chair Shannon O'Brien on Monday, her office confirmed, a removal that seems likely to kick the yearlong drama back into the courts.
September 9, 2024
Opposition to tipped worker pay increase rolls out ad campaign
September 6, 2024A pricey fight over whether to increase what employers must pay tipped workers is well underway in Massachusetts.
September 6, 2024
Clark offering tuition discount for Worcester city employees
September 6, 2024The discount will apply to courses offered through Clark’s School of Professional Studies’ undergraduate transfer/degree completion program.
September 6, 2024
Acquiring S&G: The road to acquisition for a leading Central Mass. accounting firm centered growth and core values
Updated: September 2, 2024More than four decades after opening their Worcester accounting firm S&G LLP in 1980, Carl Goldstein and Terry Shepherd knew it was time for a change.
Updated: September 2, 2024
Hospital closure impact: As the final days for Nashoba Valley Medical Center ticked down, a community forsees a looming healthcare crisis
Updated: September 2, 2024For this rural Massachusetts area, the hospital’s closure will mean extended ER wait times at neighboring hospitals already pushing capacity, quadrupled ambulance turnaround times, and ultimately, the potential collapse of a healthcare system
Updated: September 2, 2024
Why a Boston firm wanted Bowditch’s lawyers
Updated: September 2, 2024Three entrenched Worcester law firms received news of a new challenger arriving from the east in July, when high-profile, Boston-based Prince Lobel Tye announced it would open a Worcester office, convincing about a dozen Bowditch lawyers to join the
Updated: September 2, 2024
IPG Photonics sells Russian assets for $51M, ending 34-year presence in country where it was founded
August 30, 2024Marlborough-based IPG Photonics Corp., a global laser manufacturing company founded in a Moscow basement laboratory in 1990, has sold its remaining assets in Russia, citing the impact of ongoing sanctions related to the country’s invasion of Ukraine
August 30, 2024
Worcester County sees biomanufacturing job growth as Eastern Mass. jobs decline
August 29, 2024Worcester County gained 249 biomanufacturing jobs between 2022 and 2023.
August 29, 2024
Tourism destinations in Worcester, Medway, and North Grafton receive combined $93K from state
August 29, 2024Three attractions in Central Massachusetts have received a combined $93,000 from the state’s Office of Travel and Tourism.
August 29, 2024
Life science industry see slower job growth, record lab vacancies as $1B state injection remains in limbo
August 28, 2024With the state's commitment to the life sciences sector still tied up in an inter-branch dispute among Democrats, industry leaders acknowledged challenges on Tuesday including a record vacancy rate for lab space in Massachusetts, slower job growth,
August 28, 2024
MassDEP fines three firms $168K over environmental incidents in Central Mass.
August 27, 2024The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has fined three individuals and businesses with ties to Central Massachusetts, with the fines totaling $168,413.
August 27, 2024
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