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Multiscale Systems, WPI granted combined $1.44M for sustainable manufacturing

Two Worcester entities are benefiting from a combined $1.44 million.

🔒Viewpoint: iLottery offers a solution for the budget challenges facing Mass. cities and towns

iLottery would provide an annual source of revenue that would grow year over year with a projected $230 million for the state by the end of its fifth year.

🔒Editorial: Maintain a pragmatic approach to Chinese companies

In U.S. election years, little on the political front seems to be subtle or nuanced. Complex policy proposals can easily get whittled down to single sound bites, as partisans cast fear when attacking the other side’s position. However, there seems to be one issue where of late both sides of the aisle seem to be on the same page: China=bad.

🔒From the Editor: Looking beyond the economic forecast

Economic projections and forecasts are a funny exercise. Trying to predict how the economy will look in the future is certainly a worthy effort, and many professionals’ lives are centered around figuring out what comes next for business and industry.
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🔒Editorial: Huge healthcare investments

UMass Chan's NERB and UMass Memorial's North Pavilion will have far-reaching impacts in the Central Massachusetts community for years to come.

🔒From the Editor: Small town theater nostalgia

When I was growing up in a small city in Ohio, one of the main community gathering places was a single-screen movie theater on the city’s main street. With its ever-changing marquee and settled amid a few blocks of downtown commerce full of owner-operator small businesses, that theater was a fixture of my early childhood.

Take the WBJ 2024 Midyear Economic Survey

WBJ is conducting a Midyear Economic Forecast survey to gauge how the events so far in 2024 have impacted the Central Massachusetts economy. Those who fill out the survey by June 14 can win one of three $50 gift cards.

Bids to buy Nashoba Valley Medical Center due on June 24

A federal bankruptcy court judge on Monday blessed the process that bankrupt Steward Health Care plans to use to sell or auction its 31 nationwide hospitals and physicians network in the coming weeks, including eight in Massachusetts.
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🔒Editorial: Population central

The U.S. Census Bureau's mid-May release of city and county populations for 2023 prove Central Massachusetts – particularly Worcester – is an increasingly popular place.

🔒From the Editor: Climate change is coming for us all

For this edition’s Focus on Energy & Sustainability, WBJ’s articles examine alternative ways of doing things, where the health of the planet is a top priority.
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