Greater Worcester

The state's drug overdose crisis is persisting at record high levels, exacerbated by a "poisoned drug supply" that isn't just affecting those who use opioids anymore.

Researchers from UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester will lead work on a maternal mental health equity study using a $21-million grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute in Washington, D.C.

Worcester Business Journal’s annual list of the most influential professionals in Central Massachusetts is doubling in size.

A West Boylston man who says he has been employed with Table Talk Pies as a sanitation manager since 2009 has filed a lawsuit against the company.

Congressman Jake Auchincloss and a pair of his colleagues are worried a right-to-repair compromise struck this summer will carry a range of negative consequences for consumers, and they want a meeting with regulators to better understand the path forward.

The transaction was finalized Wednesday, according to Worcester District Registry of Deed records, and resulted in the property being purchased by Daniel Amorello from Jesse & Jesse Properties of Worcester.

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc., a Virginia-based trucking company, has sold its Oxford shipping terminal for $19 million to an Ohio-based corporation.

The Worcester City Council voted last Tuesday to set a commercial, industrial ,and personal property tax rate of $30.04 per $1,000 assessed valuation for fiscal 2024, a $1.22 decrease from the fiscal 2023 rate of $31.26.

Governor Maura Healey’s Administration issued $19 million this year in funding from the state’s Workforce Training Funding Program through October, a number including more than $3.9 million in support of training for 2,500+ jobs in Central Massachusetts.

UMass Chan Medical School is reducing its workforce at its Boston biologics and vaccine manufacturing division, MassBiologics, with more layoffs potentially coming in the next 90 days.