Small Business

Seven downtown initiatives in Central Massachusetts from Athol to Wayland have received a boost through the Massachusetts Downtown Initiative.

An Acton medical marijuana dispensary has been ordered by the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission to shut down.

The first mom-and-pop cannabis store in Massachusetts was awarded a final license from the state Cannabis Control Commission on Thursday.

A Main Street dry cleaning business in Worcester is being ordered to pay almost $84,000 in penalties for violating environmental regulations.

State campaign finance regulators are proposing to close what critics have derided as a "union loophole" by reducing the amount of money a union can contribute to a candidate for public office from $15,000 to $1,000.

Less than a year after lawmakers struck a so-called "grand bargain" to increase minimum wages for all workers, advocates are mounting a new push to ensure tipped workers receive the same base wage as all other hourly employees.

Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester has been awarded a $143,000 grant from the Commonwealth Corp. to address the training needs of small businesses.

An optical lens manufacturer in Acton has been assessed an $8,280 penalty for violating the state's hazardous waste and groundwater regulations.

The Westborough Economic Development Committee has honored 12 companies and organizations for helping to grow the town's economy in 2018.

The state released draft rules for the new paid family and medical leave program on Wednesday, laying out how it sees the new Department of Family and Medical Leave operating and giving the public a chance to weigh in on the proposed regulations.