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🔒WBJ seeks readers’ ideas for Power 100 list of most influential professionals

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

Newly proposed bills reignite psychedelic decriminalization fight

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.

Judge tosses 1,733-page appendix filed by fired cannabis chair, seeks prompt resolution to case

"[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.

Coworking space opens in Worcester’s Trolley Yard Plaza

Featuring three conference rooms and 75 private offices, the site is located on the second floor of a building in the plaza.
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Mass. ends 2024 with third highest unemployment rate of the year

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

UMass Memorial creates digital hospital to centralize care and provide patient assistance throughout Central Mass.

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

CCC suspends whistleblower who brought attention to cannabis agency’s dysfunction

Dube, featured in a WBJ investigation detailing dysfunction and toxicity at the CCC, has been suspended.

Movers & Shakers for Jan. 27, 2025

Professionals at ERA Key Realty Services, the Worcester Community Action Council, and Open Sky Community Services are making career moves.
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🔒Enrollment surge: Amid decade-high growth, Mount Wachusett Community College is expanding services to keep students on track

This past fiscal year, Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner quietly achieved a milestone.

🔒Press start: Central Mass. bar arcades look to cash in on nostalgia

Despite featuring technology that might be considered ancient by someone just coming of drinking age, nostalgia and curiosity for the seemingly simpler times of the late 20th century are a major driving force behind bar arcade’s popularity, according to current and prospective owners.
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