Framingham has joined a growing list of Central Massachusetts town to file lawsuits against pharmaceutical manufacturers for their role in the opioid crisis that has gripped the area for years.
Nichols College began offering courses in Marlborough for the first time during the just-completed school year, but later this month it will ceremonially mark its expansion into MetroWest.
In the 1990s, there was retribution for the public health damage done by tobacco companies. Now, the pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution industry could be on track to settle another landmark public health lawsuit.
Business leadership is moving toward gender equality through legislation, advocacy, investors pushing for the value of diversity, and pressure stemming from the #MeToo movement.
Worcester-based Webster First Federal Credit Union has agreed to merge with a small one-branch credit union in Merrimac that will become its 16th location.
Worcester agency Southern Mass Staffing will pay $95,000 in penalties for a labor scheme keeping minimum wage, overtime and sick time pay from hundreds of workers at a Dudley aerosol factory, according to the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office.
Many women in business are often one of few women – if not the only one – in the room, where they feel they aren't treated the same as their male counterparts.