The Worcester-area unemployment rate dipped to 3.8 percent in August from the 4.2 percent in July, according to the state's non-seasonally adjusted labor figures.
Framingham State University has joined a group of colleges in Massachusetts that is working to expand college education access for those who are incarcerated.
Mount Wachusett Community College is joining the likes of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and 12 other Massachusetts colleges in a new prison education consortium.
Mount Wachusett Community College, armed with a $3.2-million federal grant for the next five years, will help create pathways to a healthcare education and career for 85 local students.