Greater Worcester

As demand for COVID-19 testing continues to drop, UMass Memorial Health announced on Tuesday that free testing at 100 Front Street will cease on March 31.

Massachusetts lurched back into the tax debate on Monday as Gov. Maura Healey unveiled details of a relief package whose cost could swell to nearly $1 billion per year, giving lawmakers a menu to add or slash from in the coming months as they wade back into a topic they spurned last summer.

The average price of gasoline in Greater Worcester dropped almost 6 cents since a week prior, continuing a slide in prices begun early in February.

Worcester-based human services nonprofit Open Sky Community Services has promoted two senior staff members to newly created executive roles as part of an organizational restructuring move. The organization is moving to have a single leadership team to oversee both services provided and business growth.

In partnership with State House News Service, the Worcester Business Journal will host a life sciences forum on March 7 at the DCU Center in Worcester.

SpadXTech, a Worcester-based climate technology startup, has been selected for a new accelerator that aims to support companies in the climate tech industry led by Black, indigenous, and people of color.

As it begins to take a more active role in providing housing opportunities in the city, the Worcester Housing Authority is planning to build an Economic Opportunity Center filled with services for residents near its Great Brook Valley development.

Attempting to restart a debate that skidded out last summer, the Healey administration on Monday rolled out an $859 million tax relief proposal that would offer new breaks to hundreds of thousands of Bay Staters while reforming the estate tax and the levy on short-term capital gains.

The greater Boston region shed roughly 190 football fields worth of built industrial space over a decade-long period ending in 2021 while the share of vacant industrial space declined, related trends that could hamstring smaller firms, a new report warns.

Tenet Healthcare has named Christian Bartholomew as the new chief human resources officer for the Massachusetts market and Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester. Bartholomew will assume the role on Monday.