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🔒Are more skyscrapers coming to Worcester?

With housing a top-of-mind concern in urban areas today, developers and city leaders are looking to tall apartment buildings.

🔒When a hospital closes: Central Mass. ER visits rose after Nashoba Valley shuttered, as hospital finances are increasingly strained

The volume in Central Massachusetts ERs is still expected to grow, exacerbated by a primary care shortage and incoming $1 trillion in cuts nationally to Medicaid.

🔒Taxes in Worcester: Businesses are the top tax contributors to the City, but exemptions and the dual rates are leading to calls for reform

In a city with high-profile industries like higher education and health care, the biggest businesses tend to be tax-exempt.

🔒SideChannel appoints first chief marketing officer

Cybersecurity tech firm SideChannel has welcomed a new member to its C-suite as the Worcester-based firm has named Jamie Wolf its inaugural chief marketing officer.
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NESN opens new playground at Worcester park

NESN celebrated the opening of a new playground at Worcester’s Harrington Field park, an initiative backed by...

🔒Rucker Investments makes first investment in film industry with hockey drama on mental health

“This is our first time entering the film space, but the message resonated deeply with our team,” Jennifer Barys, CFO at Rucker Investments, said.

Worcester contributes $1.25M to development of 59 affordable housing units

The funding will benefit eight rental and four first-time homeowner opportunities.

CCC weighing vote to reaffirm votes made during chair’s absence

The Cannabis Control Commission is weighing a vote Wednesday to shore up nearly all of the votes it took during the two years that Chairwoman Shannon O'Brien was deposed.
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Campbell, 22 other AGs, file lawsuit to keep SNAP benefits flowing despite Trump

Some advocates at the State House on Tuesday booed and yelled "shame" as speakers decried President Donald Trump's decision to not use contingency funds to cover SNAP benefits.

🔒Following lawmaker’s push, UMass Chan reaches tentative agreement to boost union physician pay

A month after seven Worcester representatives signed a letter urging UMass Chan Medical School to increase physician wages, the Worcester university has reached a tentative contract agreement with the physician union representing 700 UMass providers.
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