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"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.

The Boston-based real estate firm that owns the 465-unit The Grid District apartment complex in Worcester is expanding its presence in the city.

Health care workers are facing increasingly dangerous and violent situations in hospitals, the three health care organizations all testified. In the 16 years since a version of this bill was first introduced, incidents of assault on workers have grown significantly.

The Turning 22 program, which has its largest class to date and helps young adults move into adult services, features an increasing share of participants on the autism spectrum.

The testimony from students follows recent calls by K-12 education advocates in Massachusetts for the state to rethink the structure of Chapter 70 funding, which they say is currently forcing smaller, regional and rural districts into budget shortfalls.

with panel sessions planned for both days on a variety of entrepreneur-related topics.

As human service workers called for her removal Monday and held up posters decrying proposed budget cuts, Department of Mental Health Commissioner Brooke Doyle defended plans to lay off case managers in an effort to redirect resources to inpatient services.  

The complex is set to welcome its first residents in July.

Confidence Massachusetts business owners have in the economy continued to decline in March, falling to its lowest point since July 2020.