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Government & Politics
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Joe Biden sworn in as 46th U.S. president
January 20, 2021Joseph Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States at 11 minutes to noon on Wednesday, ending a tumultuous and frequently unpredictable four years under outgoing President Donald Trump.
January 20, 2021
City of Worcester partners with local agencies for $1.9M rental assistance program
January 20, 2021The City of Worcester is contracting with five local housing agencies to administer $1.9 million in rental assistance to certain eligible residents, the city announced on Tuesday.
January 20, 2021
Biden eyes eviction moratorium extension through March
January 20, 2021As Massachusetts experiments with expanded monetary and legal assistance to prevent evictions during the pandemic, President-elect Joe Biden is making eviction policy a central part of his day one executive actions to address what he is describing
January 20, 2021
State detects COVID-19 variant initially discovered in UK
January 19, 2021It was expected to arrive eventually and may have already been here, but state public health officials on Sunday afternoon confirmed the first case of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7 that was initially discovered in the United Kingdom.
January 19, 2021
Baker signs $626M economic development bill
January 15, 2021Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday signed legislation spreading $626 million around the economy over the next five years and making it easier to build new housing, an area where Massachusetts has lagged behind other states.
January 15, 2021
DOC will suspend operations at MCI-Shirley, South Middlesex Correctional Center
January 11, 2021The state’s Department of Corrections will temporarily suspend operations at MCI-Shirley and South Middlesex Correctional Center in Framingham within the next 60 days, impacting nearly 200 inmates between the two campuses.
January 11, 2021
SBA on Monday to reopen second PPP round
January 8, 2021The U.S. Small Business Administration announced on Friday the Paycheck Protection Program would re-open on Jan. 11 to new borrowers and certain previous recipients who want to apply for a second coronavirus relief loan.
January 8, 2021
Capitol riot casts pall over State House, Baker signs police reform bill
January 8, 2021On her way into work this morning, Sen. Sonia Chang-Díaz thought about what pieces of furniture she could use to barricade her office door in the event of an emergency like the one that unfolded in the U.S. Capitol building yesterday.
January 8, 2021
Restrictions extended, ICUs afforded staffing flexibility
January 8, 2021The post-Christmas business restrictions put in place by Gov. Charlie Baker to prevent a worst-case holiday surge of COVID-19 will be extended at least an additional two weeks as the number of daily new cases of the virus in Massachusetts and the
January 8, 2021-
Baker, QCC and UMass Memorial presidents condemn Trump riot at U.S. Capitol
January 7, 2021As the nation reels in the wake of a violent and deadly mob breaking into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in response to President Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, leadership in and around the Central Mass. business community condemned the
January 7, 2021 
UI rate relief stalls out, kicked into new session
January 7, 2021Dozens of lawmakers gave their support Tuesday to a bill that would soften the blow of increased unemployment taxes about to hit businesses, but the Legislature must now start the process over after the measure failed to surface for votes in either
January 7, 2021
Tax collections up 2.7 percent midway through budget year
January 7, 2021State tax collections shot up more than 8 percent in December, as taxpayers and businesses continue across Massachusetts continue to generate more revenue for state government than official forecasts.
January 7, 2021
HUD awards $558,134 to Central Mass. housing authorities
January 5, 2021The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development has awarded $558,134 to four Central Mass. housing authorities to support the Family Self-Sufficiency Program.
January 5, 2021
Baker signs new state healthcare law
January 2, 2021The COVID-19 pandemic has strained the health care system in myriad ways over the past year, but Gov. Charlie Baker said Friday that a "silver lining" of the public health crisis is that reforms like telehealth were able to be tested, and proved
January 2, 2021
Central Mass. taxi firms among recipients of $4.5M state grants
December 31, 2020Several Central Massachusetts firms are among the recipients of nearly $4.5 million in grants from MassDevelopment aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of taxi and livery services in the face of the evolving for-hire transportation market.
December 31, 2020
Mass. minimum wage rises to $13.50
December 31, 2020A new minimum wage of $13.50 an hour across Massachusetts will go into effect with the new year starting Friday.
December 31, 2020
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