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They could have at least a few more days to figure out the landscape. A federal judge in Washington, D.C. temporarily blocked the proposed freeze late Tuesday afternoon, according to POLITICO. The judge's order is due to expire at 5 p.m. Monday.

Providers say state health officials have briefed them on program changes but are waiting for concrete details and guidance, known as "program instructions," from the state, said Betsey Crimmins, executive director of Mass Aging Access, which represents nearly 30 so-called Aging Services Access Points and Area Agencies on Aging.

Healey, in her annual budget bill filed last week, proposed removing candy's exemption from the sales tax in Massachusetts.

Rockland Trust has opened its first branch in Marlborough, marking the bank’s 13th Central Massachusetts branch location. 

The feature identifies the region’s leaders who most valuably wield their power to have an outsized influence on the economy and community.

After voters rejected a ballot question last November that would have legalized some psychedelics, a number of newly filed bills have reignited the conversation and will lead another attempt to move toward decriminalizing psilocybin.

"[T]his case has not proceeded with the alacrity one might expect in a matter that carries the level of importance attached to it by the parties and public alike. It is the Court's fervent hope that the case not become further enmired in procedural wrangles that keep it from getting to the merits," Gordon wrote.

Featuring three conference rooms and 75 private offices, the site is located on the second floor of a building in the plaza.

The Massachusetts unemployment rose for the fourth consecutive month in December, marking the state’s third highest unemployment rate for 2024. 

Central Massachusetts’ largest healthcare system has established a new Digital Hub.