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Clark granted $2M from Worcester foundations for media arts programs
April 3, 2024Clark University has been granted $2 million in gifts from four Worcester foundations to amplify and drive learning and research within the university’s Center for Media Arts, Computing, and Design.
April 3, 2024
Producer of David Ortiz’s cannabis brand in Mass. owes $280K in unpaid rent, lawsuit alleges
April 3, 2024A number of lawsuits involving Central Massachusetts cannabis companies have been filed since 2022.
April 3, 2024
Healey reins in hiring as fears over declining tax revenues mount
April 3, 2024With some exceptions, all new Executive Branch hiring between April 3 and June 30 will need to be approved by the Executive Office of Administration and Finance based on time-sensitivity and the importance of positions, the office said.
April 3, 2024
More Central Mass. businesses incorporated in January than any month since 2017
April 2, 2024In January, more businesses were incorporated in Central Massachusetts than in any other month since at least January 2017, outpacing the state as a whole, which also set a record for new business starts.
April 2, 2024
Worcester artists, cultural organization granted $247K to grow programming
April 1, 2024The Massachusetts Cultural Council has awarded 53 grants, totalling in $246,844, to help fund Worcester-based arts and cultural programs through the City’s Worcester Arts Council.
April 1, 2024
Movers & Shakers for April 1, 2024
Updated: April 1, 2024Central Massachusetts professionals are getting hired and promoted at Workers Credit Union, Spectrum Health Systems, Fidelity Bank, and Fallon Health
Updated: April 1, 2024
Watchdog calls Mass. pension system deeply flawed and doesn't prevent double-dipping
March 29, 2024Massachusetts policymakers need to fix a "deeply flawed" system that falls short of monitoring and enforcing double-dipping by former public employees who simultaneously collect pensions and paychecks from subsequent work, a state watchdog warned.
March 29, 2024-
Senate agrees to new protections on debt collection
March 29, 2024The Senate on Thursday passed a "compromise" version of legislation affecting debt collection practices in Massachusetts, and according to its sponsor, the bill has a shot at final passage thanks to industry representatives collaborating on the
March 29, 2024 
MBTA to offer half-priced fares
March 29, 2024Years after public transit advocates launched a campaign to roll out a widespread low-income fare at the T, the agency's board of directors stamped its approval on a formal plan that will provide an option to riders who earn less than their peers
March 29, 2024
WPI given $18M in donations, announced as President Wang is inaugurated
March 26, 2024Worcester Polytechnic Institute has received $18.6 million in donations in the last two months, the university announced as part of the inauguration ceremony of Grace Wang, who took over as its 17th president in April.
March 26, 2024
Mass. policymakers seek guardrails for private equity involvement in health care
March 26, 2024While some private equity deals might be viewed positively – such as investing to keep rural or community hospitals open – the researchers cautioned the transactions typically lead to higher patient costs, poorer quality of care and reduced
March 26, 2024
WBJ wins eight New England newspaper awards
March 25, 2024Highlighted by its collaboration with the Worcester Regional Research Bureau on the legacy of redlining in the city, Worcester Business Journal took home eight awards at New England Newspaper & Press Association’s 2023 New England Better
March 25, 2024
National accounting firm closes 100-year-old Gardner office
March 25, 2024The Gardner location, based at 55 Lake St., was first opened in 1924 as the firm’s first office in New England.
March 25, 2024
Central Mass. state senator seeks to reform debt collection practices
March 25, 2024The Senate plans votes on Thursday on bills seeking to improve the fairness of debt collection practices, and to make clear that no one can be imprisoned for debt
March 25, 2024
Clinton cannabis company settles $460K lawsuit over unpaid HVAC installation
March 25, 2024John Perten, an attorney from Boston-based law firm Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, which represented Chiller in the case, declined to disclose details of the settlement to WBJ.
March 25, 2024
Insulet to hire Pitney Bowes executive to replace CFO who departed for 3M
March 22, 2024Acton medical device manufacturer Insulet has hired Ana Maria Chadwick as its new CFO. She will be the highest-ranked female executive at Insulet, which for three years was the only public company in Central Massachusetts with a woman as CEO.
March 22, 2024
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