Greater Worcester

As executive director of the Cannabis Control Commission, Shawn Collins is in the driver's seat of a...

Branded Realty Group of Worcester, helmed by real estate developer and franchise owner Robert Branca, purchased two more Dunkin' retail properties for a combined $4.4 million.

Adult-use marijuana gross sales have crested $5 billion at Massachusetts establishments. Sales passed the milestone on Aug. 31.

Moments after his pitch to revive rent control in November 2024 cleared a key procedural hurdle, Rep. Mike Connolly told an elevator crammed with reporters Wednesday that he was "incredibly grateful" to Attorney General Andrea Campbell for certifying the potential ballot question he had filed alongside local officials, tenant advocates and renters.

State tax collectors raked in $2.429 billion in August, a 6.6 percent drop from last August that leaves the state short of both its monthly and year-to-date expectations.

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester is building a community hydroponic farm that will create three tons of produce each year.

KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, a medical technology manufacturer based in California, signed a new lease expanding from 140,000 square feet of space to 225,629 square feet at its 28 Millbury St. facility in Auburn.

The life sciences industry in Massachusetts experienced growth in 2022 in employment, total jobs, and continues to bring in venture capital dollars.

Massachusetts is aiming to achieve net-zero emission by 2050 largely by electrifying things currently powered by fossil fuels. While the region's electrical grid is not ready to serve that heightened demand, the Bay State's utility companies late last week rolled out their plans to upgrade the grid so it doesn't impede the state's clean energy transition.

It's now eight months into Gov. Maura Healey's administration and the wait continues for major proposals from the Corner Office to address perhaps the governor's signature issue: housing affordability and production.