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Coming off the passage of the state’s $4-billion Mass Leads Act, Massachusetts has allocated $75 million in funding to establish a new economic development program addressing regional disparities.

Even though Dell EMC still has a substantial presence in the region, particularly in Hopkinton, the company is a far cry from when EMC was being run by its founders and was a more engaged partner in the community.

Banking tends not to be the most exciting industry in the world, but its influence is everywhere. From small startups to trillion-dollar public companies, access to capital and the banking system can literally make or break hopes and dreams.

Lawmakers have previously called the CCC a "trainwreck" but have rebuffed Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro's calls for the Legislature to appoint a receiver to manage the "rudderless agency."

When President Donald Trump won the plurality of the popular votes cast in the November election, he took that as a mandate from the nation to pursue his promises of overhauling the federal government and cutting overhead, a process sure to upend traditional norms.

A thing isn't beautiful because it lasts.

While the deal gives Massachusetts some clarity, this is only a first step state leaders must take over the next year or so to apply a more permanent fix to the ailing state unemployment insurance system.

In an ideal world, publications like WBJ’s annual Women in Leadership edition wouldn’t be necessary. In an ideal world, all people everywhere would be recognized for their natural talents and learned skills and given equal opportunities to help create the best possible version of our economy and society, regardless of the circumstances each person was born into.

The Central Massachusetts economy is full of dynamic industries led by hard-working, innovative leaders who understand the importance of both business and community.

Higher education has had a bit of a rough time this decade. Largely the result of a demographic dip in the number of high school graduates – but also because of concerns over costs and politics – nationwide undergraduate enrollment is down about 7% from 2019, according to the nonprofit Education Data Initiative.