Greater Worcester

Senate Democrats announced a bill Monday morning intended to shield reproductive and transgender care in Massachusetts from out-of-state threats, saying it was part of the response effort to the Trump administration.

The Michaels Organization, a New Jersey-based firm partnered with Worcester developer GoVenture Capital Group to construct a 364-unit apartment building on Franklin Street, has purchased the site.

Officials from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center met at Landry’s Bicycles in Worcester on Monday to unveil a new incentive program designed to make e-bikes more affordable for low- and moderate-income residents. 

The Central Massachusetts Business Confidence Index defied the state’s broader trend in March, stepping back into optimistic territory while all other regions sank further into pessimism. 

Activists have been pushing state government for years to pass a bill authorizing overdose prevention centers and federal law has consistently been identified as the primary barrier.

"I felt that if I was the judge, and I'm not, all they got is this crazy little trolley car. They don't have a train, they don't have bus access and stuff," Mariano told reporters Thursday.

Coming on the heels of news about four WPI students have their visas revoked, Clark University has seen a dozen students at the school suffer the same fate.

The new emergency facility will be located at 490 Main St. in Groton, according to a statement from UMass Memorial

"This is why people cannot deploy capital. They can't invest in their workforce," Healey told reporters, flanked by attendees of the State House meeting she convened.

Federal authorities have revoked the visas of four international students studying at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.