Greater Worcester

The Central Massachusetts Business Confidence Index sank nearly 10 points from 57.2 in January to 47.9 in February.

Gov. Maura Healey said Thursday her administration will continue to withhold state funding from cities and towns that fail to comply with a controversial -- but constitutional -- zoning reform law, describing the latest challenges to the measure as "without legal merit."

WuXi has disputed an early WBJ report saying construction at the Worcester site has stopped, although the company declined to provide specifics or give an updated timeline.

Eight months after long-time Anna Maria College President Mary Lou Retelle announced she would retire at the end of the 2024-2025 academic year, Sean Ryan has been named as her successor and the 12th leader of the Paxton school.

A federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction Wednesday that temporarily blocks the Trump administration from slashing federal health and research dollars, Attorney General Andrea Campbell's office announced.

Property owners impacted by the federal government’s sudden termination of seven Central Massachusetts leases for facilities used by federal agencies likely have few options for recourse, according to a local real estate attorney.

In separate publications, Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro and Auditor Diana DiZoglio each detailed overlapping concerns with the relationship between the T and Keolis, which for more than a decade has been under contract to run the commuter rail network.

The report, which was due to be filed in 2023 but was only presented to CCC members last week, is intended to let lawmakers "see and understand what's happening throughout the industry," Commissioner Nurys Camargo said.

The feeling of losing a young child is unimaginable, parents said Monday as they pushed for mandatory bereavement time and sought to boost understanding of a rare category of childhood deaths.

State health officials and a software provider have launched an online portal with the aim of alleviating...