Greater Worcester

More than six months after auditors discovered the Baker administration mistakenly used federal funds to pay jobless benefits during the COVID-19 emergency instead of the state's Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, there's still no clarity on whether Massachusetts will need to repay that money or how.

Regulating artificial intelligence, creating an agricultural disaster relief fund and boosting food security emerged as areas of focus that lawmakers could tackle in 2024 following a batch of committee votes.

December is a "significant month" for state tax collections, but receipts through the month's halfway point trailed last December's pace by more than 8 percent.

The Worcester-based health insurance company has announced that its name and logo will soon be added to the building’s facade.

For the second consecutive month, Massachusetts unemployment numbers saw a slight increase.

The hefty backlog of patients waiting to be discharged from hospitals and transferred to other treatment settings is expected to grow this winter, health leaders warned Monday.

The state’s buzziest industry slowed down this year, although some sectors will do better than others next year.

Chaos would probably be a fitting description for the cannabis industry in general during 2023 and don’t expect that chaos to dissipate in 2024.

The reverberations of the coronavirus pandemic’s impact will continue to impact the manufacturing space in 2024, as companies face challenges in adapting to supply chain shortages in certain sectors like pharmaceuticals, worker shortages, increased costs, and changing consumer trends.

Progress is being made by those who never wavered, but the commitment overall is fading.