Resident physicians have voted to ratify a new contract with UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, including a nearly 10% raise and thousands of dollars in mental health and education benefits.
Two Worcester biomanufacturing leaders are teaming up to establish a $5.2-million bioindustrial manufacturing tech hub as part of a larger Massachusetts initiative to strengthen regional innovation ecosystems.
The question asked voters if they supported requiring private colleges and universities to invest 0.5% of their endowments annually into a community impact fund.
The volume in Central Massachusetts ERs is still expected to grow, exacerbated by a primary care shortage and incoming $1 trillion in cuts nationally to Medicaid.