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State budget cycle kicks off; local aid at forefront
December 14, 2015A new state budget cycle gets underway next week and the proceedings this year will carry extra weight for one of state government's biggest annual outlays: local aid to cities and towns.
December 14, 2015
College savings pilot launches in Worcester
December 14, 2015A pilot program launched by Treasurer Deb Goldberg on Monday will make college savings accounts available to Worcester kindergartners and start them off with an initial $50, an effort planned to eventually expand statewide.
December 14, 2015
Baker to deliver UMass Medical commencement address
December 11, 2015Gov. Charlie Baker will deliver the 43rd commencement address at UMass Medical School this June in Worcester, the school announced Friday.
December 11, 2015
State grants $9M in workforce training; Worcester receives $650K
December 9, 2015In a move that the Baker-Polito administration says will result in more jobs, $8.9 million has been distributed to 87 companies and training organizations around the state to help train more than 7,500 workers, with Worcester organizations receiving
December 9, 2015
Movers & Shakers
December 7, 2015MARIE ANGELINI, LISA M. CARROLL, LINDA S. LARRIVEE, CAROLYN J. STEMPER and THOMAS J. SULLIVAN will serve on the board of Hanover Theatre in Worcester, and MARY C.
December 7, 2015
Laurie Leshin
December 7, 2015Laurie Leshin landed on the Worcester business and higher education scene in 2014 when she became the first female president in the 150-year history of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
December 7, 2015
Community foundation capitalizes on compounding interest
December 7, 2015In 1975, a group of committed community leaders from Central Massachusetts concluded that a pooled endowment would provide a considerable, long-term resource for caring for the community's needs.
December 7, 2015
Robert Johnson embraces Worcester; avoids ivory tower
December 7, 2015Robert E. Johnson has taken his presidency at Becker College as an opportunity to both turn around a school that lacked a coherent direction and in the process become one of the most engaged and dynamic college figures on the Greater Worcester
December 7, 2015
State grants $1.5M for advanced manufacturing training
December 4, 2015The Baker administration announced $1.5 million in grants for advanced manufacturing training programs on Thursday at Lynn Vocational Technical Institute, which educates high school students and hosts a program to train out-of-work adults.
December 4, 2015
Financial literacy recommendations outlined
December 4, 2015A lack of financial "sophistication" is leading adults to become vulnerable to scams, according to the leader of a task force that issued recommendations Thursday on how to better educate people of all ages about their personal finances.
December 4, 2015
Lack of financial education could hurt Mass.
December 3, 2015A lack of access to the tools and information necessary for economic success is a problem facing people throughout the state, according to a report recommending a widespread effort to educate Bay Staters of all ages about personal finance.
December 3, 2015
Mass. millionaire tax could net $2.2B a year
December 1, 2015Bay State millionaires could pay as much as $2.2 billion in additional state income taxes under a proposal to tax some of the state's wealthiest individuals and families at a higher rate, a figure considerably higher than what proponents initially
December 1, 2015
WPI receives $886K big data grant
November 25, 2015The Worcester Polytechnic Institute received an $885,834 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to bolster the school's research and teaching related to big data computing.
November 25, 2015
Baker creates dedicated business team
November 25, 2015As part of a buildup to the governor filing jobs legislation early next year, Gov. Charlie Baker announced Tuesday he would create a "BizWorks" team of senior level staff across three secretariats to serve as the single point of contact for large
November 25, 2015
Mass. bill could bring retirement savings to 1.1M
November 23, 2015Fast food, early education, health care and higher education workers plan Monday to urge lawmakers to pass a bill designed to open up retirement savings opportunities for those who don't have access to employer contributions or programs at their
November 23, 2015
Framingham pushing for $34-million downtown MassBay campus
November 23, 2015Local stakeholders are in the process of re-pitching a $34-million downtown Framingham satellite campus of Massachusetts Bay Community College to the Baker Administration after a host of community college capital projects across the state have been
November 23, 2015
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