Greater Worcester

Gov. Maura Healey bought top legislative Democrats up to another month to reach a long-overdue budget deal Thursday when she handed them a get-out-of-missed-deadline-free card, but it's not clear if they will actually take full advantage of it.

Facing a long list of needed safety, service and reliability improvements, the MBTA mined additional leadership from the same place it found its current top official: New York.

People who are in favor of rent control would waver in their support of the policy shift depending on how different phrases appear in a potential ballot question, according to a poll released Thursday that focused on a range of issues confronting Beacon Hill lawmakers, including gun reform, standardizing testing and raising the minimum wage.

A UMass Chan Medical School student group helping asylum seekers in Greater Worcester has become formally affiliated with the Worcester school and has now received nonprofit status, opening it up to more grant funding and participation in research.

International tourists to Massachusetts spent only about half as much money here in 2022 than they did before the pandemic, but a boost in spending among visitors from other parts of this country helped push the economic impact of the state's travel and tourism industry to $24.2 billion in direct spending last year.

Hairdressers and other personal care workers would be required to attend one hour of standardized domestic violence and sexual assault awareness training as they seek to obtain or renew their license, under pending legislation.

The Senate passed a $513 million spending bill on Wednesday afternoon, adding to the growing pile of legislation caught in the crossfire of a seemingly widening divide between Democratic legislative leaders.

More than 30,000 children and young adults in Massachusetts are ineligible for comprehensive MassHealth coverage because of their immigration status, according to an advocacy group that backs legislation that would extend coverage to that population.

The Central Massachusetts Agency on Aging is running back-to-school programming starting in August, an initiative part of the Worcester organization's new Grandparents Raising Grandkids Resource Center.

More than 30,000 children and young adults in Massachusetts are ineligible for comprehensive MassHealth coverage because of their immigration status, according to an advocacy group that backs legislation that would extend coverage to that population.