Greater Worcester

Working for Worcester (W4W), a student-run nonprofit started at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, will construct a playground on Saturday at Union Hill School, a public elementary school in the city. This construction marks the organization’s first playground build outside of its annual Build Day event, typically held in April.

The state's transition to renewable power does not have to threaten workers who rely on the fossil fuel industry for their livelihood, Gov. Maura Healey said Thursday, joining advocates at a labor-led event centered on bills designed to bring about a "just transition" to clean energy.

Boston real estate firm WinnDevelopment announced on Thursday that it would proceed with the redevelopment of a 93-year-old former Boys Club property in Worcester into 80 units of affordable housing for residents 55 and older.

Eric Casey, a Worcester-based reporter who most recently founded the publication Burn After Reading to cover the cannabis industry, has been hired as the newest staff writer at Worcester Business Journal.

As lawmakers look at regulating building and infrastructure materials in pursuit of the state's emission reduction goals, the concrete industry wants to been seen as a partner, not a foe, in the effort to make Massachusetts greener.

Workers for Uber and Lyft who want the right to unionize, and the organized labor leaders who support them, plan to announce Thursday they have collected significantly more than the 74,574 signatures needed to advance their proposal to the next phase of the process.

A redrafted bill to expand access to e-books and digital audiobooks in Massachusetts would not violate federal...

With the state's emergency assistance shelter system expected to "imminently" hit the 7,500-family cap that Gov. Maura Healey has said it is subject to, housing vouchers are being extended to 1,200 families and Emergency Assistance Director Lt. General Scott Rice detailed other steps the state is taking and the changes it is making to prepare.

Clark University in Worcester expanded the area in Worcester in which it offers free tuition through its University Park Partnership Scholarship.

Members of the Massachusetts Community College Council, a Worcester-based union representing faculty and staff at the state’s 15 community colleges, are rallying Wednesday and Thursday in Worcester.