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Baker announcing further easing of COVID restrictions this week
May 14, 2021The most recent step in the Massachusetts' gradual emergence from pandemic restrictions came Monday, when stadium capacity limits increased and amusement parks were cleared to reopen.
May 14, 2021
State cannabis regulators fear investors are exploiting minority entrepreneurs
May 13, 2021Massachusetts marijuana regulators are concerned about a recent significant uptick in reports of potential industry investors who targeted economic empowerment and social equity program entrepreneurs with unfair contract terms.
May 13, 2021
WooSox sell out inaugural game at Polar Park
May 12, 2021In an event in the works since 2018 that likely would have been a sellout regardless of capacity, the Worcester Red Sox first home game Tuesday at their $160-million public stadium in the Canal District sold out.
May 12, 2021
Seven Hills receives $200K for child care providers training program
May 12, 2021Family Services of Central Massachusetts, which is part of the Worcester nonprofit Seven Hills Foundation, received $200,000 from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development to run a children development apprenticeship pr
May 12, 2021
Presumption bill pivots on place of COVID-19 infection
May 12, 2021Employees in public-facing jobs or working outside their homes who contract COVID-19 would be presumed to have caught the virus at work and eligible for workers compensation benefits under legislation aired at a public hearing Tuesday and knocked
May 12, 2021
Report: Marijuana host communities received $2.5M in unlawful fees
May 11, 2021A new study looking at hundreds of agreements between municipalities and marijuana businesses licensed to operate in those cities and towns found that cannabis companies have paid at least $2.46 million more than required under law, and that
May 11, 2021
Central Mass. communities split $1.5M in shared streets funding
May 10, 2021Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration has awarded the amount of $5.3 million for the Share Winter Streets & Spaces program, according to an announcement by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
May 10, 2021
2021 Power 50: Dean J. Mazzarella
Updated: May 10, 2021When Mazzarella walks through Leominster’s downtown, passersby whisper to each other: “Look, it’s the mayor.” Or, they shout his better-known nickname: “Hey, Mazz!”
Updated: May 10, 2021
2021 Power 50: Stacey Luster
Updated: May 10, 2021Stacey Luster, the first Black woman ever elected to Worcester City Council, works to support anti-racism and equal opportunity, and she has co-founded two advocacy groups designed to help those efforts: Black Families Together, which focuses on
Updated: May 10, 2021
2021 Power 50: The most influential people in the Central Mass. economy
Updated: May 10, 2021Power dynamics in the Central Massachusetts business community made two major shifts in 2021, due to the two major events upending the entire global community.
Updated: May 10, 2021
2021 Power 50: Timothy P. Murray
Updated: May 10, 2021Much of the rise of the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce – and the Greater Worcester economy as a whole – as a force for business advocacy and change in Massachusetts can be traced back to Timothy P. Murray stepping down as lieutenant governor
Updated: May 10, 2021
2021 Power 50: Roy M. Nascimento, CCE, IOM
Updated: May 10, 2021Under Roy Nascimento’s leadership since 2015, the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce has truly become the leading economic development organization in North Central Mass., performing surveys of the region’s businesses and assessments of
Updated: May 10, 2021
Fed guidance appears holdup on UI rate relief quest
May 6, 2021A little over a month after Gov. Charlie Baker signed a law shoring up the unemployment system and reducing the premium increases facing employers to fund jobless benefits, lawmakers and administration officials are once again looking for a way to
May 6, 2021
April adds to revenue glut, creating more budget options
May 6, 2021Despite the tax filing deadline being moved from April to May, the Department of Revenue collected $3.865 billion in taxes from people and businesses last month -- $385 million more than the Baker administration had estimated for the month even
May 6, 2021
Income surtax campaign to launch Wednesday
May 3, 2021The coalition backing an income surtax on high earners in Massachusetts plans to launch its campaign this week to pass its measure on the 2022 ballot.
May 3, 2021
Healey appeals for wage theft bill’s passage
May 3, 2021Attorney General Maura Healey is again calling for passage of wage theft legislation, part of an appeal that's being coordinated with International Workers' Day on Saturday.
May 3, 2021
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