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This second round of funding awarded on Dec. 23 followed an application process announced in September. 

In 2016, 53.6% of Massachusetts voters cast a ballot in favor of legalizing marijuana like alcohol, kicking off the creation of an industry that has so far led to more than $6 billion in sales.

Massachusetts cannabis regulators took a guided tour of a outdoor cannabis farm on Thursday, in an attempt to learn more about issues facing the relatively-small number of businesses in the state who have attempted to take marijuana production back to its outdoor roots.

Social equity cannabis companies say more support needed.

Republicans will soon hold one-tenth of the seats in the Massachusetts Senate after Peter Durant of Spencer defeated Democrat Jonathan Zlotnik.

While Beacon Hill searches for solutions to the serious housing shortage that fuels affordability concerns in Massachusetts, a real estate industry organization wants to see the Community Preservation Act program retrofitted to put a greater emphasis on housing production.

The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp., the economic development arm of the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce, has approved $35,000 in financing for two small businesses in its region.

Fueled by communities near I-495 and the Massachusetts Turnpike, the Central Massachusetts region grew 8.1% in population from 2010 to 2020, outpacing both the state (6.0%) and nation (6.5%), according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Decennial Census of Population and Housing.

Three Central Massachusetts businesses received grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s rural development program, in order to install solar systems, according to a Thursday announcement.

Central Massachusetts professionals are taking new jobs and getting promoted at companies like Estate Preservation Law Offices, Avidia Bank, AdCare Hospital and Banjo Health.