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On Monday, voters approved the rezoning of a 32.7-acre portion of Devens land from residential for innovation and technology uses, opening up the land to commercial development.

Massachusetts Comptroller Thomas Shack is poised to give anyone interested the opportunity to take a closer look at the digital innards of state government with a new transparency website aptly called CTHRU.

All but two of the acute-care hospitals in Central Massachusetts were profitable last year, pushing the overall margin for the region to fourth best out of the seven regions in the state.

Last week, Nashoba Valley Medical Center completed an expansion of its inpatient psychiatry unit for senior citizens.

Telemedicine is opening doors to treating patients throughout Massachusetts.

Mount Wachusett Community College has been selected to participate in a pilot program to educate 72 inmates at area correctional institutions.

An energy bill passed 39-0 by the Senate Thursday evening would require the solicitation of long-term contracts for at least 2,000 megawatts of offshore wind by 2027 as part of an effort to diversify the state's energy mix and comply with greenhouse gas emissions reduction requirements.

Local manufacturers lay out the steps it takes to find success in the international market.

Many of the top 100 employers in Central Massachusetts are from the state's biotech industry.

As several thousand megawatts on the New England electric grid prepare to retire, Massachusetts officials are looking to natural gas, hydropower and wind to replace retiring generation and to power the commonwealth going forward.