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Editorial

  • From the Editor

    From the Editor: DEI can be good for everybody

    Brad Kane Updated: March 24, 2025

    Even if sometimes flawed in practice, the principle of DEI is good and would create a stronger Central Mass. economy, as it is meant to overcome barriers to provide opportunities for everyone to best use their natural talents and skills.

    Brad Kane Updated: March 24, 2025
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    Editorial: DEI policies can help businesses succeed

    Updated: March 24, 2025

    DEI policies are about maximizing companies’ opportunities for revenue and profits, better serving their customer bases, and building stronger workforces.

    Updated: March 24, 2025
  • Editorial

    Editorial: Who will be our next EMC?

    Updated: March 10, 2025

    Even though Dell EMC still has a substantial presence in the region, particularly in Hopkinton, the company is a far cry from when EMC was being run by its founders and was a more engaged partner in the community.

    Updated: March 10, 2025
  • From the Editor

    From the Editor: Speaking the language of business

    Brad Kane Updated: March 10, 2025

    Banking tends not to be the most exciting industry in the world, but its influence is everywhere. From small startups to trillion-dollar public companies, access to capital and the banking system can literally make or break hopes and dreams.

    Brad Kane Updated: March 10, 2025
  • Opinion

    From the Editor: Redemption Rock and Maker to Main were beautiful for what they were

    Brad Kane Updated: February 24, 2025

    A thing isn't beautiful because it lasts.

    Brad Kane Updated: February 24, 2025
  • Editorial

    Editorial: The new normal? We hope not.

    Updated: February 24, 2025

    When President Donald Trump won the plurality of the popular votes cast in the November election, he took that as a mandate from the nation to pursue his promises of overhauling the federal government and cutting overhead, a process sure to upend

    Updated: February 24, 2025
  • From the Editor

    From the Editor: Why we highlight women's progress

    Brad Kane Updated: February 10, 2025

    In an ideal world, publications like WBJ’s annual Women in Leadership edition wouldn’t be necessary. In an ideal world, all people everywhere would be recognized for their natural talents and learned skills and given equal opportunities to help

    Brad Kane Updated: February 10, 2025
  • Editorial

    Editorial: Time to tackle unemployment reform

    Updated: February 10, 2025

    While the deal gives Massachusetts some clarity, this is only a first step state leaders must take over the next year or so to apply a more permanent fix to the ailing state unemployment insurance system.

    Updated: February 10, 2025
  • Editorial

    Editorial: The strong business community of North Central Mass.

    Updated: January 27, 2025

    The Central Massachusetts economy is full of dynamic industries led by hard-working, innovative leaders who understand the importance of both business and community.

    Updated: January 27, 2025
  • From the Editor

    From the Editor: Education is key to everything

    Brad Kane Updated: January 27, 2025

    Higher education has had a bit of a rough time this decade. Largely the result of a demographic dip in the number of high school graduates – but also because of concerns over costs and politics – nationwide undergraduate enrollment is down about 7%

    Brad Kane Updated: January 27, 2025
  • From the Editor

    From the Editor: The Best from WBJ in 2024

    Brad Kane Updated: January 13, 2025

    As we look forward to the best for 2025, I’d like to take this moment to reflect back on 2024 and highlight some of what WBJ offered last year.

    Brad Kane Updated: January 13, 2025
  • Editorial

    Editorial: Hospitals need more than increased oversight

    Updated: January 13, 2025

    While we applaud both the governor and the Massachusetts Legislature on the new oversight bill, they should have noticed the alarm bells ringing well before Steward and Heywood declared bankruptcy.

    Updated: January 13, 2025
  • From the Editor

    From the Editor: If you know real estate, you know the economy

    Brad Kane Updated: December 23, 2024

    The real estate industry, particularly commercial real estate, is at the heart of all business journal coverage, including at Worcester Business Journal. More than just a collection of simple listings of property transactions and proposed

    Brad Kane Updated: December 23, 2024
  • From the Editor

    From the Editor: The business of nonprofits

    Brad Kane Updated: December 9, 2024

    Most general media coverage of nonprofits, particularly human services nonprofits, tends to focus on their missions, the need for their services, and the community good they achieve. This type of coverage is important, as it raises a nonprofit’s

    Brad Kane Updated: December 9, 2024
  • Editorial

    Editorial: Worcester needs to move toward a single tax rate

    Updated: December 9, 2024

    Commercial property owners in Worcester pay a higher tax rate than those in any other Central Massachusetts city or town. The rate of $30.04 per $1,000 of assessed property value is the only one in the region higher than $30. Worcester’s commercial

    Updated: December 9, 2024
  • Editorial

    Editorial: The WPI-Worcester detente

    Updated: November 25, 2024

    Shortly before Thanksgiving, it was nice to see Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the City of Worcester sign a peace deal over WPI’s purchase of two Gateway Park hotels in September, in a way where WPI acknowledges the negative impact the deal

    Updated: November 25, 2024