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Pending a Monday vote, the state regulatory body of the $1 billion Massachusetts marijuana industry will move to Worcester's Union Station.

Since 1984, the city council has shifted a portion of the residential tax burden over to the business property tax payers. By doing so, it puts Worcester at a competitive disadvantage to its surrounding communities.

A Sutton company is being fined nearly $17,000 for violating state Department of Environmental Protection regulations.

The developers of a proposed 1 million-square-foot marijuana cultivation facility in Charlton have been dealt a significant setback

Beginning Dec. 23, oversight of the state's medical marijuana program will be transferred from state health officials to state recreational marijuana regulators.

Teenagers are increasingly smoking electronic cigarettes, surpassing use of traditional cigarettes, leaving officials scrambling to respond.

Just over two years after he started in the post, Terrence McGinnis is out as state banking commissioner.

Worcester officials on Tuesday cleared up concerns about possible land takings and demolitions of Canal District buildings.

WBJ's special publication the Giving Guide has ideas for where your dollars, time, goods or services should go this holiday season.

For the first week, the stores reported a combined 56,380 products sold and an average of just under $40. Customers are averaging 3.4 products per transaction.