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Reopening panel has sent reports to Baker
May 6, 2020The advisory board figuring out how Massachusetts businesses might be able to reopen has already filed interim reports with the governor and is expected to make additional suggestions ahead of its May 18 deadline, Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday,
May 6, 2020
Virus shaking up Mass. health care dynamics
May 6, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the health care system, cut into provider revenues and could translate to longer-term shifts in care delivery, the state's Health Policy Commission said Wednesday.
May 6, 2020
April tax collections plunge by $2.3 billion
May 6, 2020State tax collections tumbled in April by more than $2.3 billion compared to last April, another sign of the damage inflicted on the economy and the state's finances by forced business shutdowns aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19.
May 6, 2020
The owner of Berlin restaurant where Oscar-nominated movie was filmed has been charged with COVID-19 stimulus fraud
May 5, 2020The owner of the Berlin restaurant where Chris Evans shot a movie scene faces charges for filing fraudulent coronavirus relief loan applications through the U.S. Small Business Administration.
May 5, 2020
After steep drop, Mass. biz confidence nudges lower
May 5, 2020Business confidence slid further into negative territory as Massachusetts employers dealt with financial fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and uncertainty about re-opening plans in April, but remains above its all-time low during the Great
May 5, 2020
Crompton Collective might re-open as outdoor market to start
May 4, 2020During an interview for the WBJ Podcast, entreprenuer Amy Lynn Chase detailed how she is thinking about slowly reopening her businesses in Worcester and Hudson once the coronavirus shutdown of non-essential business in Massachusetts is lifted.
May 4, 2020
WBJ Podcast: Amy Lynn Chase's lost revenue
May 4, 2020As Massachusetts state and business officials gather to establish the plan to re-open the economy perhaps by May 18, Worcester entrepreneur Amy Lynn Chase joins The Weekly Business Report podcast to detail her businesses' struggles since the
May 4, 2020
More than 95K Mass. businesses received $14.8B in Paycheck Protection Program loans
May 4, 2020The U.S. Small Business Administration has awarded $4.36 billion to 48,768 Massachusetts businesses during the Paycheck Protection Program’s second round of $320 billion in national funding, the SBA announced in a statement on Sunday.
May 4, 2020-
Baker's new mask mandate applies statewide
May 1, 2020Gov. Charlie Baker took a step toward preparing the public for what he said life might look like in Massachusetts when this period of staying at home to avoid infection ends, ordering all citizens to wear masks or facial coverings in public if they
May 1, 2020 
As tech council monitors transmission rates, Baker mandates mask wearing
May 1, 2020Forced economic shutdowns and social distancing in Massachusetts have contained the coronavirus to the point where an infected person is now, on average, spreading the virus to less than one other person, business leaders said Friday, and that
May 1, 2020
Three Central Mass. public companies received $8.4M in PPP loans
May 1, 2020Three public companies in Central Massachusetts have disclosed they received a combined $8.4 million in federal loans for the program intended to bailout small businesses.
May 1, 2020
Worcester will accept new business resilience grant applications on Friday
April 30, 2020The City of Worcester will begin accepting applications for its second COVID-19 Small Business Resiliency Grant Program at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce announced on Thursday.
April 30, 2020
Retailers want employee access to closed stores
April 29, 2020With the special occasion around the corner, florists are among the non-essential businesses that are being told to remain closed through at least May 18. But some retail industry leaders are starting to ask whether Gov. Charlie Baker's closure
April 29, 2020
Pandemic prompts first quarterly GDP drop since 2014
April 29, 2020U.S. gross domestic product contracted by 4.8 percent in the first quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Wednesday morning, shedding more light on the economic ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 29, 2020
Amid pandemic, industry group requests delay in flavored tobacco ban
April 28, 2020The COVID-19 public health emergency has delayed a lot of things already, and now the industry group that represents convenience stores is asking the Legislature and governor to delay the implementation of restrictions on the sale of flavored
April 28, 2020
Pandemic opens policy opportunities, Spilka says
April 28, 2020Endorsing the idea of a "phased in" reopening of the state's economy, Senate President Karen Spilka told business leaders on Tuesday that the COVID-19 pandemic could present opportunities to begin repairing transportation infrastructure and to
April 28, 2020
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