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Worcester Business Journal was celebrated as the second-best newspaper of its size at the annual 2024 Alliance of Area Business Publishers journalism competition on Friday evening.

Anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment is on the rise nationally. Despite being known as a leading state for LGBTQ+ rights, that sentiment has trickled down to Massachusetts.

The letter argues the commission remains functioning.

After months of controversy surrounding the state’s Cannabis Control Commission, Massachusetts Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro is calling for the state legislature to appoint a receiver to manage the day-to-day operations of the agency.

A bakery equipment manufacturer, a licensed asbestos contractor, and a local golf course were assessed fines in mid-June by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for incidents in Central Massachusetts. 

Plaintiffs in the case contended that increasing what employers owe to tipped workers and also allowing businesses to divide those tips between tipped and non-tipped employees were too unrelated to be considered with a single yes or no vote.

"My goodness. We have a situation where intoxicating hemp products are being produced, probably from hemp that isn't grown in Massachusetts, in labs that have no supervision, being put into packages that have no age requirements, and they're competing with our lawful cannabis retailers. This is a heck of a situation," Rep. Paul Schmid, co-chair of the Agriculture Committee, said.

Revolutionary Clinics, a cannabis company with a cultivation and production facility in Fitchburg, has closed one of its Cambridge dispensaries.

A former Town of Grafton official is facing federal charges related to his cannabis company.

On June 1, Clark University renamed its School of Management as the School of Business.