Greater Worcester

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.

Madison Properties, the Boston-based developer facing criticism from the City of Worcester for a lack of progress on developments in the Polar Park district, has purchased the 13-acre former site of Rotmans Furniture.

Confronting the strained primary care workforce and state residents struggling to get basic preventive care, Massachusetts health regulators recommend reducing administrative burdens, growing the talent pipeline and expanding investments.

Following the appointment of its first chief operating officer in 2022, Community Legal Aid has promoted attorney Kristen Williams to be the second person to ever hold the C-suite position at the Worcester-based nonprofit.

The Worcester County Bar Association has made its first executive director change in more than 30 years.

Planet Fitness is expanding its Worcester presence to Downtown after inking a 12-year lease at the Mercantile Center.

The WRA says Madison’s failure to complete projects is directly responsible for the substantial revenue deficit in the district.