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Gov. Charlie Baker signed off on a law allowing for remote notarization while Massachusetts remains in an economic lockdown, State Sen. Bruce Tarr's office announced in a Monday press release.

Monica Busch, who has written for publications in Fitchburg, Martha's Vinyard and New York City, has joined the Editorial Department of Worcester Business Journal to be its primary digital reporter.

From the time the new law banning handheld device use while behind the wheel took effect Feb. 23 until April 1, when fines kicked in, police issued more than 6,500 warnings or citations for violations.

The Hanover Insurance Group in Worcester announced it would return 15% of auto insurance premiums back to eligible customers, as it is among the auto insurers around the nation benefitting from a significant drop in travel due to stay-at-home orders in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Massachusetts regulators are urging all the state's automobile insurance companies to at least consider joining several that have announced plans to give partial rebates or discounts to policy-holders amid a sudden decline in driving brought about by COVID-19 restrictions.

UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester and Harrington HealthCare's location in Webster are receiving part of a $2.3-million donation toward Massachusetts coronavirus relief efforts made by the MAPFRE Foundation.

One message was clear during Worcester Business Journal's webinar Thursday about the $2-trillion stimulus package in the wake of the coronavirus crisis: Get your loan applications as soon as possible starting Friday.

Worcester Business Journal on Thursday will start a free webinar series for Central Massachusetts businesses to better understand how they can benefit from the $2-trillion federal economic stimulus package.

At a time when local news outlets have about as big of an ongoing news story as they can get, many are going to have to cover it with less help.

In this episode of The Weekly Business Report, co-hosts Brad Kane and Hank Stolz practice social distancing for this podcast and go without guests. Instead, they talk about what has made them happy personally, amid all the COVID-19 craziness