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The scope of workplace disfigurement injuries covered under workers' compensation policies would be expanded to injuries anywhere on a person's body, and the amount of compensation workers could receive would also be increased under a bill that cleared the Senate Thursday on a 36-1 vote.

The planned closure of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth represents "a big step back" in meeting the state's emissions reduction and clean energy goals, and makes it "all the more important" that the Baker administration's hydroelectric and solar proposals move forward, Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Matthew Beaton said Thursday.

Springfield-based Big Y Foods says this is its biggest year yet for featuring locally grown fruits and...

Video software manufacturer SeaChange International of Acton saw a second-quarter loss of $4.8 million, or 14 cents per share, the company reported Wednesday. Its revenue for the quarter, which ended July 31, was $27.9 million.

Health care workers at Nashoba Valley Medical Center, in Ayer, who voted to form a union with 1199SEIU in January 2015 will receive a pay increase and other benefit enhancements as part of a new union contract agreement reached with Steward Health Care.

Citing pay that is below average for nurses at comparable hospitals and staffing procedures that make work hours unpredictable, members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) at Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer will hold an informational picket outside the hospital this afternoon.

Providence & Worcester Railroad has been awarded $455,691 from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) for improvements...

Hours before the Senate dismissed a proposal directing MassHealth to contract with provider groups, the lobby group that represents health insurers submitted alternative language to one of the major proponents of the idea.

Gov. Charlie Baker is aiming to restructure the MBTA in an effort to improve public transportation. Central Massachusetts communities are wondering whether these improvements will extend to the commuter rail lines that serve the region.

Fitchburg-based IC Federal Credit Union will hold a grand opening for its new Worcester branch at 947 West Boylston St. next month. The office opened Thursday.