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Diversity & Inclusion
House to vote on reproductive, transgender care protections this week
July 15, 2025House Democrats are moving toward a vote on legislation that would update the 2022 state law shielding reproductive and transgender care from out-of-state legal action.
July 15, 2025
Basketball coach again tops UMass Chan chancellor as highest-paid state employee
July 9, 2025While workers at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester once again made up the largest percentage of the state’s highest-paid state employees in 2024, UMass men’s basketball Head Coach Frank Martin once again topped the list.
July 9, 2025
Fitchburg State, MWCC & Clinton High School ink early college deal
July 3, 2025Through the partnership, Clinton High School seniors will be able to participate in dual enrollment courses at FSU and MWCC.
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
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-
State leaders pledge support for Black Americans during Juneteenth observance
June 19, 2025Lawmakers reflected on the significance of Juneteenth Wednesday, promising that Massachusetts will fight for and support Black Americans facing headwinds from new federal challenges.
June 19, 2025
A turn for the worse: In the annual midyear survey, WBJ readers say their outlook for the 2025 economy has soured since the start of the year
Updated: June 16, 2025More than half (51%) of WBJ readers believe the U.S. economy will decline in the second half of this year.
Updated: June 16, 2025
Take WBJ's 2025 Midyear Economic Forecast survey
May 27, 2025The first five months of 2025 have been a wild ride for the economy. How has your outlook changed for the rest of the year?
May 27, 2025
2025 Power 100: Elizabeth Wambui
Updated: May 19, 2025Serving as Fonatine’s first director of diversity, inclusion, and community impact, she initiates projects that energize the next generation of builders and ensure they reflect the richness and diversity of the communities they come from.
Updated: May 19, 2025
2025 Power 100: Dana Neshe
Updated: May 19, 2025When Neshe stepped into her executive roles in 2024, she made Middlesex Savings the largest woman-run bank in Central Massachusetts. She was promoted from her previous position as chief operating officer, playing a key role in the bank rounding out
Updated: May 19, 2025
2025 Power 100: Debbie Hall
Updated: May 19, 2025Working to help eliminate racism and empowering women are two monumental lifts, but Hall is up to the task.
Updated: May 19, 2025
2025 Power 100: Dr. Cherise Hamblin
Updated: May 19, 2025As maternal morbidity rates continue to rise throughout the state, Hamblin has become one of the region’s most ardent advocates for the interrelated causes of addressing Black maternal health and diversifying healthcare professionals.
Updated: May 19, 2025
2025 Power 100: Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham
Updated: May 19, 2025Zolezzi-Wyndham has been the leading diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant for major Central Massachusetts employers for five years, and now she is helping those firms who remain committed to those values navigate the white-hot political
Updated: May 19, 2025-
2025 Power 100: Dr. Michael Collins
Updated: May 19, 2025Since January, Collins has been resolute in his advocacy for UMass Chan and other institutions of higher education as he has directly called out the President Donald Trump Administration for threatening to cut National Institutes of Health funding
Updated: May 19, 2025 
2025 Power 100: Manny Lopes
Updated: May 19, 2025In July, Lopes stepped into his role leading Central Massachusetts’ seventh largest health insurer and one of its largest employers, mere months before the President Donald Trump Administration began mulling over plans to cut billions in Medicaid
Updated: May 19, 2025
2025 Power 100: Joshua Croke
Updated: May 19, 2025Croke has established themselves as not only a safe-space maker for the LGBTQ+ community, but as a leader for municipal change.
Updated: May 19, 2025
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