Unionized janitors and an association of the region’s largest cleaning contractors union agreed to a tentative agreement early Wednesday, avoiding a strike that could have seen 12,500 area cleaners walk off the job.
Voters will not be asked next year whether Massachusetts should revive local-option rent control after organizers working on a 2024 ballot question suspended their campaign.
Nichols College in Dudley and UMass Dartmouth have made official a partnership to allow Nichols students to pursue an accelerated law degree at UMass Law, the only public law school in Massachusetts.
Flynn Plumbing & Heating, a Shrewsbury-based plumbing and heating company, has been fined $45,200 by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.
BPI Construction Management, a Framingham-based company, has been fined $926,898 by the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General for violations of the Massachusetts False Claims Acts.
Eric Casey, a Worcester-based reporter who most recently founded the publication Burn After Reading to cover the cannabis industry, has been hired as the newest staff writer at Worcester Business Journal.