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Government & Politics

  • Framingham pharmacist guilty in fatal tainted-drug case

    Grant Welker March 23, 2017

    Barry Cadden, a co-owner and head pharmacist of a Framingham company connected to a fungal meningitis outbreak, was convicted Wednesday of fraud and racketeering.

    Grant Welker March 23, 2017
  • New state health plan would affect more businesses, but more evenly

    State House News Service March 23, 2017

    A new potential health care plan would apply more evenly across employers than the first proposal, but would generate less revenue that the $300 million the administration was counting on.

    State House News Service March 23, 2017
  • State leaders battling over legal-pot oversight

    State House News Service March 22, 2017

    Senate President Stan Rosenberg joined his House counterpart in questioning whether the treasurer's office should retain full control over the regulatory body that will enforce legalized marijuana sales.

    State House News Service March 22, 2017
  • $1B less in federal health revenue for Mass. expected, governor says

    State House News Service March 22, 2017

    Gov. Charlie Baker estimated the American Health Care Act sponsored by Republican leaders in Washington would result in $1 billion less in federal revenue for Massachusetts in 2020.

    State House News Service March 22, 2017
  • Governor willing to back off health care assessment on businesses

    State House News Service March 22, 2017

    The Baker administration is said to be willing to back away from controversial proposal to impose a $2,000-per-employee assessment on companies that don't meet certain health insurance requirements.

    State House News Service March 22, 2017
  • Cities and towns want more say on outlawing pot shops

    State House News Service March 21, 2017

    Communities are urging lawmakers to let them restrict or prohibit commercial marijuana sales by a vote of the municipal legislative body, rather than a community-wide referendum.

    State House News Service March 21, 2017
  • State panel drastically cuts from governor's budget

    State House News Service March 21, 2017

    Democratic state leaders have left many of Gov. Charlie Baker's spending requests out of a redrafted $144 million midyear spending bill.

    State House News Service March 21, 2017
  • Movers & Shakers

    March 20, 2017

    Sullivan Insurance Group, Jericho Road and The Bridge of Central Massachusetts have all made recent hires or promotions.

    March 20, 2017
  • Trump, Baker the butt of jokes at St. Patrick's breakfast

    State House News Service March 20, 2017

    In between name dropping, Irish songs and conventional messaging, Massachusetts public officials tried their hands at stand-up comedy Sunday, focusing a stream of zingers and duds on recently approved legislative pay raises, the immigration debate

    State House News Service March 20, 2017
  • Editorial: Striking while the iron is hot

    March 20, 2017

    Much work remains, but today's momentum in Worcester is real, and it bodes well for the entire region.

    March 20, 2017
  • Fresh Beginnings

    March 20, 2017

    Worcester Credit Union and Quinsigamond Community College have teamed up to provide job and financial literacy training to help the long-term unemployed in the community.

    March 20, 2017
  • Mass. needs to update alcohol laws

    Deborah B. Goldberg March 20, 2017

    Our state's alcohol statutes, which were put in place in 1933, lack the cohesiveness that businesses and the ABCC require to operate efficiently and effectively.

    Deborah B. Goldberg March 20, 2017
  • Four new plans for vacant Worcester courthouse

    Grant Welker March 20, 2017

    A $35-million proposal for the former Worcester County Courthouse calls for 300 market-rate apartments in two new buildings and a reuse of the 1800s court building with office and retail space.

    Grant Welker March 20, 2017
  • Mass. should wait on $2K business healthcare assessment

    Eileen Mcanneny March 20, 2017

    Quite simply, the fair share assessment is the wrong solution for taming growth in MassHealth, which now insures almost 2 million residents or 30 percent of the commonwealth's total population.

    Eileen Mcanneny March 20, 2017
  • T offers new options on potential service cuts

    State House News Service March 20, 2017

    MBTA officials offered up some options that might make the paratransit service reductions go down easier, and said there would also be a range of options related to the commuter rail.

    State House News Service March 20, 2017
  • Suit against UMass-affiliated Shields dismissed

    Grant Welker March 17, 2017

    A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed a wrongful-practices lawsuit against Shields Health Solutions by its former president.

    Grant Welker March 17, 2017

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