Greater Worcester

Worcester-based Seven Hills Foundation & Affiliates has hired two new executives into its C-suite, helping lead Central Massachusetts’ largest human services nonprofit.

In congruence with the statewide average, the price of gasoline in Worcester County decreased since Aug. 10.

Despite a late effort by Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) to stop what he described as a weak piece of legislation, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 306-81 to pass the BIOSECURE Act.

Ohio-based Big Lots has filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Treasurer Deborah Goldberg fired Cannabis Control Commission Chair Shannon O'Brien on Monday, her office confirmed, a removal that seems likely to kick the yearlong drama back into the courts.

As Massachusetts feels the lasting effects of postponed health care during the COVID pandemic, a new report shows members of the government MassHealth plans spent the highest percentage of their total healthcare spending on both behavioral health services and primary care visits compared to other commercial and government insurance plans.

In an effort to help combat mounting concerns regarding manufacturing facility fire and explosion risks and close the gap between the manufacturing industry and academia, Worcester Polytechnic Institute has introduced the nation’s first master’s degree program in explosion protection engineering. 

Developer Michael Ermani has added six Plantation Street neighborhood properties to his Worcester portfolio.

A pricey fight over whether to increase what employers must pay tipped workers is well underway in Massachusetts.

A year and a half after UMass Chan Medical School received official approval to open a Burlington regional campus, school is in session for the first cohort of 32 medical students at UMass Chan-Lahey, a partnership between the Worcester university and Lahey Hospital & Medical Center.