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🔒Reporting discrimination: New, but delayed, reporting requirements seek to identify bias in small business loan approvals and denials

While generally supportive of the new rule, the lending industry is concerned about the onus the new requirements put on banks.

🔒Crafting a future: Wachusett Brewing’s acquisition is the latest signal of change in the craft beer industry, but a collaborative spirit remains

The simple narrative proclaiming the craft beer industry is dying may fit nicely into a headline or television news chyron, but it doesn’t begin to explain the complexities of the local craft beer space.

Healey releases environmental justice strategy focusing on lower-income communities

The state's environmental arm has a new strategy to bring equity into focus in the programs and policies under its purview.

Parent company of Oxford-based bankHometown to merge with North Shore Bank

The holding company of Oxford-based bankHometown, has reached an agreement to merge with North Shore Bancorp.
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Three 2024 ballot questions face legal challenges

Two more high-profile ballot questions could soon face the state's highest court after opponents challenged the eligibility of measures seeking to eliminate the separate tipped minimum wage and to allow Uber and Lyft drivers to unionize.

State education commissioner to resign in March following six years of service

The commissioner wrote in his resignation letter that it was "the right time for me to pass the baton."

Mass. has half the national average of same-day, low-risk ambulatory surgical centers

The volume of ambulatory surgical centers that perform same-day, low-risk procedures in Massachusetts falls far below the national average, according to new data shared with state health regulators Thursday.

Controversial downtown Spencer CVS, historic site of President George Washington visit, sold to McDonald’s franchisee

A petition against the project on Change.org received 415 signatures but complaints from locals failed to stop the project. Construction of the CVS was completed in 2023.
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Federal Reserve senior economist to highlight WBJ Economic Forecast Forum on Feb. 29

Some of the region’s top economic experts and business leaders will descend on the AC Hotel by Marriott Worcester on Feb. 29 to share their outlooks on today’s economic climate, as WBJ hosts its annual Economic Forecast Forum in partnership with the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Supporters of psychedelics ballot initiative say Oregon serves as a model

Massachusetts voters may get the chance to cast ballots to legalize access to some psychedelic substances this fall. And though advocates say the Oregon psilocybin therapy program that would be used as a model for Massachusetts is beneficial for veterans suffering from PTSD and others with mental health issues, the price tag for treatment in the Beaver State makes the therapy inaccessible for most.
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