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Movers & Shakers for June 16, 2025

Employees at ERA Key Realty Services, First Financial Trust, and Seder & Chandler are making moves in their careers.

🔒A turn for the worse: In the annual midyear survey, WBJ readers say their outlook for the 2025 economy has soured since the start...

More than half (51%) of WBJ readers believe the U.S. economy will decline in the second half of this year.

🔒A $250M gap in the safety net: Central Mass. hospitals fight for their financial lives as state’s Health Safety Net reaches historic deficit

The state’s HSN is operating at an estimated $250 million deficit for fiscal 2025, dumping the burden of payment directly onto the state’s health centers and hospitals.
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WPI drops interim tag for general counsel

Following an eight-month stint on an interim basis, Matthew Thaler has been named vice president and general counsel of Worcester Polytechnic Institute. 

Two Central Mass. apartments receive financing as part of $18.7M deal

Two multi-family properties in Central Massachusetts have received loans as part of a wider three-property announcement of financing worth a total of $18.65 million.

WPI’s groundbreaking Business School dean steps down

After four years serving as dean of The Business School at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Debora Jackson has left the role.

CCC deals with hiring freeze, budget issues as legislature weighs agency restructuring

A hiring freeze is in place and the plan for future regulatory work is to be determined at the Cannabis Control Commission, as lawmakers advance a budget its executive director has said is inadequate as well as legislation to entirely restructure the agency.
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Senate plans Wednesday vote for $532M budget bill

The Senate next Wednesday plans to vote on a $532 million budget bill that delivers more than...

Worcester adding to state’s growing climate tech industry, even as Trump Administration impacts loom

About 115,000 people are now employed in the Massachusetts clean energy industry, with Worcester playing a key role in the industry’s ecosystem.
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