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Education

  • Board freezes Mass. tuition rates

    State House News Service March 8, 2016

    The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education on Tuesday froze tuition at state universities and community colleges.

    State House News Service March 8, 2016
  • Worcester joins nationwide arts economy study

    Sam Bonacci March 8, 2016

    Worcester recently joined a national study seeking to measure the economic impact of nonprofit arts and culture organizations.

    Sam Bonacci March 8, 2016
  • WPI makes big data college value list

    Sam Bonacci March 7, 2016

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute has been named to a list of the Top 50 Best Value Big Data Graduate Programs of 2016, highlighting the value that the school's programs represent as one of four in Massachusetts to make the list.

    Sam Bonacci March 7, 2016
  • Mass. 'innovation economy' grew by $25B

    State House News Service March 2, 2016

    The rate of spending on research and development in Massachusetts outpaced that of its peer states with vibrant technology sectors as the innovation economy grew by more than $25 billion from 2009 to 2014.

    State House News Service March 2, 2016
  • Worcester needs to unlock airport potential

    Timothy J. Mcgourthy Special To The Worcester Business Journal February 29, 2016

    The largest single transportation facility in Worcester, and arguably that with the most potential, Worcester Regional Airport (airport code ORH) is a critical element in Greater Worcester's transportation tripod of road, rail, and air.

    Timothy J. Mcgourthy Special To The Worcester Business Journal February 29, 2016
  • Bioscience community defends drug pricing model

    Sam Bonacci February 29, 2016

    Amid growing political and industry pressure to suppress the rising costs of prescription drugs, leaders in the Central Mass.

    Sam Bonacci February 29, 2016
  • State Resource Network can help Central Mass. innovate

    Anne Haynes Special To The Worcester Business Journal February 29, 2016

    Yesterday's innovations shaped today's Gateway Cities.

    Anne Haynes Special To The Worcester Business Journal February 29, 2016
  • Movers & Shakers

    February 29, 2016

    THOMAS LODGE was appointed to the board of trustees at Nichols College in Dudley. A 1979 graduate of Nichols, Lodge is a retired former partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he worked for more than 20 years.

    February 29, 2016
  • UMass sets research funding record

    State House News Service February 24, 2016

    Research spending at the University of Massachusetts reached a record $629 million during the past year and financial support for academic research on the five campuses has outpaced the growth of federal support for higher education research over a

    State House News Service February 24, 2016
  • Fitchburg Art Museum recognized

    Sam Bonacci February 23, 2016

    The Fitchburg Art Museum has been recognized for its work with the community, being named one of 30 finalists for a national award focused on museums making a difference in their communities.

    Sam Bonacci February 23, 2016
  • Saint Vincent hires new COO

    Sam Bonacci February 22, 2016

    Saint Vincent Hospital will have a new chief operating officer beginning March 7 when Ava Jo Collins will take over the position.

    Sam Bonacci February 22, 2016
  • New strategies at MassHealth

    State House News Service February 22, 2016

    Seeking federal dollars and more cost-controls, the Baker administration is reworking Medicaid on at least two fronts, moving toward population health and installing independent assessors for people in need of a range of services.

    State House News Service February 22, 2016
  • Economists: Achievement gap, transportation woes holding back growth

    State House News Service February 18, 2016

    Local economists huddled in late January to discuss the state of play in Massachusetts and emerged with the consensus conclusion that the fiscal condition of state government represents a "potentially troubling development for both growth and

    State House News Service February 18, 2016
  • Fitchburg State names new provost

    Sam Bonacci February 17, 2016

    Fitchburg State University has announced that Alberto J.F. Cardelle will be the university's new provost and vice president for academic affairs.

    Sam Bonacci February 17, 2016
  • Worcester’s financial illiteracy creates demand for credit unions

    Laura Finaldi February 15, 2016

    After demand for its services led to almost unreasonable wait times at its two Worcester branches, Digital Federal Credit Union opened a third location in the city in November, where the staff has been busy educating people out of bad financial

    Laura Finaldi February 15, 2016
  • Opioid crisis creating nonprofit demand

    Laura Finaldi February 15, 2016

    The ongoing opioid crisis has created a demand for services that Central Massachusetts organizations are working hard to meet.

    Laura Finaldi February 15, 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.