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If a government is going to give $160 million toward enticing one single business, particularly a small company with less than 50 full-time employees operating seasonally, there needs to be transparency and accountability for that deal, to ensure it fulfills its promises to the public.

Collectively, WBJ’s readership of business owners, executives, and managers have hundreds – if not thousands – of years of experience fulfilling their own company needs and making recommendations to the people they trust.

While we could have afforded an appropriate Worcester home in 2015, the market is out of reach for us in 2022.

Over the last few decades, waiting for housing prices to rise any more than the low single digits in Worcester was like waiting for Godot. But that’s not true anymore.

Having set a record high for net profit in the budget year that ended in June, Treasurer Deborah Goldberg told lawmakers Tuesday that she expects the Massachusetts Lottery will generate about $995 million in revenue for the state this fiscal year and roughly $1 billion in fiscal year 2023.

If the coronavirus pandemic has taught the Central Massachusetts business community anything, it is the need for owners and executives to stay on their toes, don’t panic, act decisively, and take advantage of new opportunities as the landscape shifts.

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed a multitude of problems long lingering in the healthcare system: staffing shortages,...

It’s easy to discuss problems like mental healthcare shortages in abstract terms, looking at funding dollars, available beds, and impacted patients; but all those numbers are personal to many, many people. WBJ Editor Brad Kane opens up on the number most personal to him.

After wading through hours of debate and considering hundreds of amendments, the Senate late Wednesday night unanimously approved a $3.82 billion package to steer special federal relief funds and surplus state budget revenues into virtually every corner of the state.

As U.S. House Democrats push to bring cornerstones of President Joe Biden's domestic spending agenda forward for votes as soon as Friday, Massachusetts may be closer to receiving more than $12.5 billion toward its roads, bridges, water systems and other infrastructure needs.