Greater Worcester

Kent dur Russell has been named the new board president at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston. Russell was previously the longtime CEO and curator at the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton.

Nearly six years into the full legalization of recreational cannabis in Massachusetts, dramatic changes to the marketplace will require businesses that were early entrants to double-down on their efforts to differentiate themselves, and new entrants need to position themselves differently.

Alarmed by "devastating statistics" of worsening severe maternal morbidity rates, particularly among Black people during labor and delivery, Attorney General Andrea Campbell announced $1.5 million in grant funding to 11 community organizations and health centers Tuesday in a bid to tamp down on racial disparities.

Massachusetts moved up nine spots in CNBC's annual America's Top States for Business rankings this summer and the man behind the scorecard of states told the Mass. High Tech Council that he is beginning to put more emphasis on things like reproductive rights and inclusion when he ranks states.

Hundreds of aspiring nurse aides can start taking their certification exams in Spanish and Chinese next year, the start of a multilingual policy that advocates and lawmakers say will tackle a major workforce shortage in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.

The state began getting in touch Tuesday with more than 134,000 people currently or previously enrolled in certain state programs whose personal information was part of a data breach involving a file transfer program used by the UMass Chan Medical School.

The Greater Worcester Community Foundation will leave its office at 370 Main St. in Worcester for a new space at One Mercantile, Suite 010 – the formerly named Unum Building – according to a LinkedIn post by the nonprofit.

Worcester County single-family home sales were down 24% year-over-year in July and 25.5% year-to-date versus 2022.

Massachusetts hospitals that serve disproportionate numbers of patients on Medicaid or who lack health insurance are pressing to block or delay nearly $630 million in federal funding cuts that were originally enacted in 2010 as part of the Affordable Care Act.

In its bid to win Department of Public Utilities approval to scrap energy contracts for a 1,200-megawatt offshore wind installation, Commonwealth Wind has secured the backing of a potentially influential figure: another arm of the Healey administration.