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New coalition targets pharmacy benefit managers

A new group of patient advocates, business leaders and independent pharmacists will wade into debate this term over the role of pharmacy benefit managers at a time when prescription drug prices are on the rise.

Movers & Shakers for March 20, 2023

See who is on the move at Lamoureaux Pagano Associates, AAFCPA's, Fidelity Bank, and more.

🔒As occupancy rebounds, hoteliers say hiring isn’t far behind

New workforce data and industry leaders in Central Massachusetts suggest any inkling that people wouldn’t travel or meet at the same rates as they did before COVID appears to be unfounded.

🔒A home for art and community: New owners of The White Room make it their own

The White Room has made a post-COVID comeback over the past year and is a nexus of cultural and social life in Worcester.
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🔒WPI’s CERES lab offers researchers and companies the opportunity to access expensive, hard-to-find equipment

The machines in here don’t look like the old science classrooms or even the classrooms we see in movies. Instead, it’s sterile and more like a command center. These machines aren’t for experimentation; they’re to see if your experiment works.

🔒Small businesses run by people of color struggle to find financing as VCs’ priorities have shifted away from providing multicultural opportunities

BIPOC-owned startups seeking out larger investments have come up short, in large part because the deck is stacked against them.

Worcester Railers extend lease with DCU for five years

The Worcester Railers HC signed a five-year lease, with an option for five additional years, with the DCU Center in Worcester to continue playing hockey at the venue.

WooSox see 16% bump in preseason ticket sales over 2022

The Worcester Red Sox have seen a 16% increase in ticket sales year-over-year compared with sales at the same time in 2022.
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Priced out, activists appeal for urgency on housing

Activists want Healey and the Legislature to double public housing authority subsidies to $184 million next year, one of several requests they rolled out as the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization kicked off a new housing justice campaign aiming to blunt the sharp edges of a statewide housing crisis and prevent people from being pushed out of their communities or into homelessness.

Healey overhauls regulators on state public utilities board

The Healey administration on Wednesday rolled out its refreshed roster for the Department of Public Utilities and charged the new trio with creating a "21st Century DPU."
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