Greater Worcester

A professor at Clark University in Worcester received a $780,000 grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to study language practices in multilingual and multicultural students at Worcester Public Schools.

The company will rely on academic partners and future contract manufacturing relationships to support its clinical trials.

Webster Five will have a new chief operating officer, as the Auburn-based bank has promoted employee Kate Gallo Megraw, effective Monday.

Most of the money that drove the No on 2 campaign came from a small group of business executives and groups.

Two years after policymakers enacted mental health care reforms designed to mitigate the problem, the share of patients experiencing long waits in Massachusetts emergency departments remains elevated, according to new state research.

A Worcester skilled nursing facility is being sued by the U.S. Attorney’s office for its part in alleged systematic fraudulent billing of Medicare and Medicaid between 2017 and 2023.

Worcester-based construction firm F.W Madigan is now entering its fourth generation of family operation.

Gov. Maura Healey said the tax breaks that U.S. House Republicans envision in the budget blueprint approved Tuesday night could "devastate" a slew of government programs, and that nearly 2 million Bay Staters are at risk of losing health care coverage under GOP plans for Medicaid.

Worcester County gas prices have hit a steady stride in 2025, with regular gas prices remaining virtually unchanged for the past month.

The two and a half hours of debate in the House Chamber on Tuesday also provided an opportunity for Republican representatives to push, unsuccessfully, for a greater say over how the House responds to Auditor Diana DiZoglio's push to audit the Legislature using the powers newly granted to her by voters in November.