Greater Worcester

As of about 9 a.m. Wednesday morning, natural gas was back on top of the resource mix, accounting for 37% of the region's power generation. Oil was still second on the list, at 24.3%. And coal was still in the mix, being used for 296 MW or 1.5% of the power generation total.

Worcester County led Massachusetts counties in cannabis sales in 2024, as the state’s legal marijuana industry brought in a total of more than $1.64 billion.

The median price of a single-family home in Massachusetts hit an all-time high of $615,000 in 2024, a year which saw an increase in sales.

The governor outlined her new proposal after touring the Cyber Range at Bridgewater State University, a hands-on lab where she lamented that too many public higher education campuses don't have the proper facilities to train students for cutting-edge jobs that can keep the state economically competitive. 

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester has launched an educational program providing high school students early exposure to the career fields of health, science, and racial health disparities research.

The FTC claims these hidden mandatory fees ranged from tens to hundreds of dollars a month per renter.

Massachusetts must pay the federal government $2.1 billion over the next decade after the Baker administration mistakenly used federal pandemic funds to cover unemployment benefits, officials said Monday.

In addition to a focus on affordability and addressing cost burdens on residents and businesses, Healey also pitched her administration's plans to implement last session's headlining laws, including major housing, energy and economic development packages.

Dovetail Internet Technologies, a web development firm formerly based in Worcester, has moved to a new headquarters in Auburn to accommodate growth at the firm.

Main South Community Development Corp. has received a $30,000 grant from Boston-based quasi-public finance agency MassDevelopment to support the Worcester nonprofit’s efforts to infuse art into the area between the city’s downtown and Webster Square districts.