Greater Worcester

Top Democrats on Tuesday evening filed a compromise economic development bill months after their deadline-day talks collapsed, packing the measure with state support for the life sciences and climate technology industries, ticket sales regulations, a new live theater tax credit, educator diversity reforms and more.

Marlborough-based BJ’s Wholesale Club has named Scott Schmadeke as executive vice president, chief operations officer, effective immediately.

Business confidence in Massachusetts hit a two-year high in October, but in Central Massachusetts, confidence fell deeper into pessimistic territory.

The project is seeking to create 600 new jobs and increase exports to the United States by $400,000 by the end of 2026.

The Salvation Army is planning on opening a 14,000-square-foot retail store in Leicester.

When 21-year-old College of the Holy Cross student Thomas “TJ” Haigh first developed his idea for Trivflic, his goal was to connect others and build a community through the fun of trivia games.

Employees at companies including Cornerstone Bank, ERA Key Realty Services, and Flexcon Holdings Trust are advancing in their careers.

The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester increased its full-tuition grants to students whose families make $100,000 a year or less.

Four and a half years after the COVID-19 pandemic altered the configuration of the U.S. workforce, Central Massachusetts employers are still navigating the reverberations of a landscape that changed overnight.

"This case presents important and undecided questions concerning the removal of a commissioner from an independent agency of the Commonwealth. It presents a number of issues of first impression, as the enabling statute of the Commission has never been construed by this Court," lawyers for O'Brien wrote in their new filing.