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Education

  • 40 Under 40: The Judges

    August 26, 2016

    Terry Shepherd, CM&AA, CPA, MST, is the managing partner of Worcester accounting and consulting firm Shepherd & Goldstein.

    August 26, 2016
  • Mount Wachusett secures $1.18M grant

    Sam Bonacci August 19, 2016

    Mount Wachusett Community College has received a five-year, $1.18 million Federal grant that will help adults in the region successfully transition to college or other postsecondary education.

    Sam Bonacci August 19, 2016
  • Nichols to ink community college deals in three states

    Sam Bonacci August 18, 2016

    Nichols College in Dudley is planning to ease the pathway to a bachelor's degree for students from three New England community colleges with new agreements that streamline the credit and transfer process.

    Sam Bonacci August 18, 2016
  • Hundreds of new charter school seats pitched to education department

    State House News Service August 16, 2016

    As the ballot question campaign to expand charter school access heats up, six groups have proposed opening new charter schools in Massachusetts and 12 existing charter schools want to increase enrollment.

    State House News Service August 16, 2016
  • New WPI diversity officer hopes to bring all voices to the table

    Laura Finaldi August 15, 2016

    As WPI's first vice president for talent development and chief diversity officer, Michelle Jones-Johnson is charged with recruitment, employee development, and creating a plan to make the university more inclusive.

    Laura Finaldi August 15, 2016
  • Advancing nursing education

    Laura Finaldi August 15, 2016

    Central Mass. academia is shifting to meet demand from evolving healthcare industry.

    Laura Finaldi August 15, 2016
  • Southborough autism nonprofit completes $10.5M building

    Sam Bonacci August 11, 2016

    The New England Center for Children announced this week that it has completed construction of a new 33,000-square-foot building and raised $10.9 million for autism research, training and education.

    Sam Bonacci August 11, 2016
  • Clark completes $24M student center

    Sam Bonacci August 10, 2016

    Clark University has completed construction on its $23.8M Alumni and Student Engagement Center with a ribbon cutting to be held Thursday.

    Sam Bonacci August 10, 2016
  • WPI grads have No. 2 starting salary in Mass.

    Sam Bonacci August 8, 2016

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute has beat a slew of Boston area schools in a new study examining starting salary for recent graduates in which it came in second in Massachusetts.

    Sam Bonacci August 8, 2016
  • Economic development bill rushed to Baker's desk

    State House News Service August 1, 2016

    The economic development bill filed late Sunday and enacted right around midnight Monday does not include an expansion of a tax incentive aimed at helping low-income workers or authorization for the Massachusetts Lottery to expand into online gaming.

    State House News Service August 1, 2016
  • Turning convicts into colleagues

    Laura Finaldi August 1, 2016

    As the federal government reaches for ways to cut down on the prison population, local workforce officials see training convicts as a way to reduce the skills gap.

    Laura Finaldi August 1, 2016
  • Built-Rite Tool leadership looking to transition

    July 26, 2016

    Craig Bovaird, owner of Built-Rite, spoke with the Worcester Business Journal about building a strong reputation, maintaining quality, recruiting for new positions and the senior management team and ownership coming up with a transition plan for the

    July 26, 2016
  • Mount Wachusett receives $574K in federal grants

    Sam Bonacci July 22, 2016

    Mount Wachusett Community College has received $573,600 in state funds to help educate students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

    Sam Bonacci July 22, 2016
  • GE pioneers precision medicine in Marlborough

    Laura Finaldi July 18, 2016

    At its new Marlborough headquarters, GE Healthcare Life Sciences is focusing on developing the tools that can help produce personalized drugs.

    Laura Finaldi July 18, 2016
  • UMass students face 5.8 percent tuition hike

    State House News Service July 15, 2016

    For the second consecutive year, University of Massachusetts students will face rising tuition costs as officials take steps to close an $85 million budget shortfall at a time of growing interest in public higher education.

    State House News Service July 15, 2016
  • Worcester incomes stagnate compared to statewide growth

    Sam Bonacci July 13, 2016

    Incomes of typical households in Worcester have barely grown even though the state's median wage has grown significantly over the last 37 years, according to a new study by MassBudget.

    Sam Bonacci July 13, 2016

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Should Massachusetts significantly reduce the environmental review time for new housing projects?
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In an effort to increase the pace of new housing development in Massachusetts, Gov. Maura Healey has proposed streamlining the environmental review process for certain new housing projects, with the goal of reducing the time spent on the process from about one year to 30 days. Environmental reviews are a hallmark of community planning, to ensure new development doesn't negatively impact surrounding properties or natural resources, even though the process does add significant time and often cost to projects. Healey's proposal comes after Massachusetts fell behind the national average in new housing production, despite adding 90,000 new units since she became governor in 2023.

New England already averages the longest timeline in the nation to build a single-family home once the developer has been giving the authorization to move forward with construction, according to U.S. Census statistics compiled by the National Association of Home Builders. In 2023, single-family homes in New England averaged 13.9 months from permit to completion. The South Atlantic states have the lowest average of 8.9 months while the region that includes Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana is the second quickest at 9.4 months. The second-longest average after New England is the New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania region, which takes 13.2 months.