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Physician-assisted suicide bill clears first legislative hurdle
July 3, 2025Legislation that would authorize physician-assisted suicide in Massachusetts cleared its first committee hurdle, this time more quickly than in the past thanks to a new House rule.
July 3, 2025
Advocates push for bill allowing MassHealth seniors to keep thousands in savings
July 3, 2025Dozens of seniors filled a state capitol auditorium Tuesday to plead with lawmakers to expand MassHealth eligibility for older Bay Staters by raising the limit on assets they may keep by thousands of dollars.
July 3, 2025
Cannabis regulators suspend cannabis testing license over mold, yeast concerns
July 2, 2025Results that Assured submitted to Metrc showed that just 10 samples out of 17,565 failed for containing total yeast and mold in excess of state limits, a 0.05% failure rate. The CCC said the state's average yeast and mold fail rate is 4.5% of
July 2, 2025
Report: Small size of Mass. sports betting industry limiting opportunities for minorities, women, and veterans
July 2, 2025The report sheds light on the participation of minorities, women and veteran business enterprises within the state sports wagering industry.
July 2, 2025
Advocates urge lawmakers to extend MassHealth coverage for ABA therapy
July 2, 2025ABA therapy helps individuals regulate themselves and control their behaviors, learn how to talk, and gain independent skills such as using the bathroom, according to Maura Sullivan, CEO of The Arc of Massachusetts advocacy organization. Private
July 2, 2025-
WPI postpones plan to convert Gateway Park hotel into student housing
July 2, 2025WPI has pumped the brakes on its plans to convert the Hampton Inn at Worcester’s Gateway Park into student housing, citing the shifting dynamics for higher education institutions.
July 2, 2025
State's annual $61B budget sent to Healey's desk
July 1, 2025The Legislature on Monday tossed the budget hot potato to Gov. Maura Healey, approving an annual spending bill on the earliest date in nearly a decade as Congress hurtles toward major spending cuts that could force significant revisions to state
July 1, 2025
Mass. budget pitch excludes job-saving provisions for mental health case workers
July 1, 2025Department of Mental Health case managers continue to face job uncertainty, after budget negotiators opted against explicitly staving off the massive layoffs that Gov. Maura Healey had proposed in January.
July 1, 2025
Mass. provides $1.5M for behavioral health workforce development in Worcester County
June 30, 2025As Central Massachusetts grapples with an ongoing mental health crisis, nine Worcester County organizations have split nearly $1.5 million in state funding to make the road to becoming a behavioral health clinician more accessible for the area’s
June 30, 2025
House supports $7.1B interim budget as Mass. awaits annual budget determination
June 30, 2025The House budget committee polled its members Monday morning on a $7.5 billion interim budget (H 4237) to pay the state's bills and fund accounts while Gov. Maura Healey takes her constitutionally allotted time to review the annual budget they're
June 30, 2025
Q&A: Paws & peace of mind at Dogtopia of North Worcester
Updated: June 30, 2025Driven by a passion for their own pets, Steve and Greta Hager opened Dogtopia of North Worcester after relocating from Texas. Struggling to find the attentive boarding and open-play daycare they had grown accustomed to, the couple decided to bring
Updated: June 30, 2025
UMass Memorial defied regulations in rushed detox closure, but DPH rejects union’s call for public hearing
June 27, 2025The DPH has stated the Worcester healthcare system violated a regulatory requirement with its rushed closure, yet the regulators have denied the union's request to hold a public hearing.
June 27, 2025
Senate passes reproductive and transgender care law
June 27, 2025The state-level protections come as congressional Republicans advance a reconciliation bill that could reduce abortion care access across the country.
June 27, 2025
House, Senate pass internal reforms amid audit push
June 27, 2025Many of the reforms -- some of which have been already embraced on a more informal basis in recent months -- are in part inspired by the chaotic end to last session as well as the heightened pressure on the House and Senate amid Auditor Diana
June 27, 2025
DPH commissioner: Mass. may reconsider following Trump Administration vaccine policies
June 26, 2025As turmoil engulfed a federal vaccine advisory panel earlier this month, Massachusetts Department of Public Health Commissioner Robbie Goldstein urged his own set of advisors to stay open-minded while also hinting at the possibility of disentangling
June 26, 2025
Judge: Trump Administration can’t close Job Corps in Grafton, Devens until lawsuit is resolved
June 26, 2025In his order, Carter outlined the difficult life circumstances many Job Corps students are attempting to overcome as they work to gain skills in industries like construction and manufacturing.
June 26, 2025
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