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Education

  • State budget bill draws mixed reaction

    State House News Service May 18, 2016

    The Senate's budget chief has touted areas of increased investment, but offered little detail about how her committee kept overall spending in check.

    State House News Service May 18, 2016
  • WPI partners with Girls Who Code; pledges $100K a year

    Sam Bonacci May 17, 2016

    In an effort to close the gender gap in computer science and technology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute partnered with Girls Who Code and created a $100,000 scholarship program.

    Sam Bonacci May 17, 2016
  • Assumption College launches engineering degree

    Sam Bonacci May 9, 2016

    Assumption College students will soon be able to get a master's degree in engineering from Washington University in St.

    Sam Bonacci May 9, 2016
  • Clinton's new CIO merges passion for technology and finance

    Brad Kane May 9, 2016

    Mary T. Dean took over CIO and senior vice president of Clinton Savings Bank earlier this year, heading up the technological operations for the community bank with six branches, two in-school branches and assets totaling $507 million.

    Brad Kane May 9, 2016
  • UPS signs 7-year, 15K square foot lease in West Boylston

    Sam Bonacci May 2, 2016

    The United Parcel Service has signed on to locate a regional driver training and education center at a 15,000 square-foot space in West Boylston.

    Sam Bonacci May 2, 2016
  • Worcester named 2nd best New England city to start a business in

    Sam Bonacci May 2, 2016

    Worcester has been ranked 33rd in the nation on a list of the 150 best cities in which to start a business, clinching the second highest rank for a New England city behind Boston at 14th.

    Sam Bonacci May 2, 2016
  • BU adjunct faculty deal framed as model for other universities

    State House News Service April 28, 2016

    Adjunct faculty members at Boston University early Thursday morning agreed to a tentative contract settlement with the university administration about two months after voting to unionize, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 509

    State House News Service April 28, 2016
  • Natick's StrattComm recognized by SBA

    Sam Bonacci April 28, 2016

    StrattComm has been named Massachusetts' Veteran-Owned Small Business of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

    Sam Bonacci April 28, 2016
  • Nichols $1M gift will create modern accountants

    John Armstrong April 25, 2016

    The demand for accountants in Massachusetts is burgeoning and a $1-million gift to Nichols College will enhance the school's already successful accounting and finance programs.

    John Armstrong April 25, 2016
  • Voke/tech new focus of skills gap

    Laura Finaldi April 25, 2016

    The demand for voke/tech schools grows as students focus on on-the-job training and the region attempts to close the skills gap.

    Laura Finaldi April 25, 2016
  • Program could chop $5K from cost of bachelor's degree

    State House News Service April 21, 2016

    A new program would allow thousands of community college students to earn four-year degrees through rebates on tuition and fees and costs protected from annual increases after a student enrolls.

    State House News Service April 21, 2016
  • Assumption, Holy Cross make best Catholic schools list

    Sam Bonacci April 13, 2016

    Assumption College and the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester have been named among the top Catholic colleges and universities in the nation in a listing created by College Choice.

    Sam Bonacci April 13, 2016
  • WPI MBA program ranked among best in nation

    Sam Bonacci April 12, 2016

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Master of Business Administration has been ranked among the top 50 in the county in a listing created by College Choice.

    Sam Bonacci April 12, 2016
  • Accounting firm grows through value, diversification

    Laura Finaldi April 11, 2016

    Regional accounting firm AAFCPAs takes up three floors of the downtown Westborough building it's in. On the first floor, about a dozen employees sit and face each other, chatting away and typing on their laptops while they work.

    Laura Finaldi April 11, 2016
  • Vocational education key to workforce

    Timothy P. Murray Special To The Worcester Business Journal April 11, 2016

    While concerns like health care and energy costs, taxes and burdensome regulations are often raised by businesses, by far the single biggest issue raised is the need for a trained, motivated and educated workforce.

    Timothy P. Murray Special To The Worcester Business Journal April 11, 2016
  • Incom, innovation go hand in hand

    Susan Shalhoub Special To The Worcester Business Journal March 28, 2016

    The U.S. Department of Energy asked Charlton fiber-optic manufacturer Incom to step out of its comfort zone, and now that partnership is paying dividends.

    Susan Shalhoub Special To The Worcester Business Journal March 28, 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.