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Private attorneys stop accepting court-appointed cases, citing wages
May 28, 2025Hundreds of private attorneys who represent indigent defendants across Massachusetts announced Tuesday that they will stop accepting new court-appointed cases until the Legislature raises their pay to match rates in neighboring states.
May 28, 2025
MHA: GOP's big beautiful bill puts MassHealth funding at risk
May 28, 2025While the impacts of the U.S. House GOP's tax and funding cuts legislation come into focus, the group that represents the state's hospitals said this week it is closely monitoring provider tax policy for potential changes that could make it even
May 28, 2025
Small businesses discuss struggles at state hearing
May 28, 2025Restaurant owners scrambling to turn profits amid rising food, labor and energy costs again turned to the Legislature Tuesday for some reprieve as they lobby to pass credit card surcharges onto their customers. Meanwhile, economic development groups
May 28, 2025
Trump Administration seeking to close two Central Mass. Job Corps centers as part of elimination of program nationwide
May 28, 2025Supporters of the centers say closing them will undermine workforce readiness and leave nearly 500 residential students at the sites without a clear future.
May 28, 2025
Canadian firm to study solutions to I-290 divide in Worcester
May 27, 2025With a planned start in June and completion expected by the end of September 2026, the study seeks to find ways to reconnect neighborhoods divided by the construction of the highway in the mid-20th century.
May 27, 2025
Senate passes $61.4B annual state budget
May 23, 2025On the same day the U.S. House approved a sweeping package of tax relief and funding cuts that could impact state finances, the Massachusetts Senate approved an annual state budget that presses ahead with a sizable spending increase.
May 23, 2025
DPH presses Framingham Union for more answers regarding upcoming NICU closure
May 22, 2025DPH’s request comes after the state agency deemed Framingham Union’s NICU an essential service following the hospital’s April announcement that it planned to shutter its 12-bassinet unit by June 10.
May 22, 2025
Senate moves forward to cap prescription drug prices
May 22, 2025After nearly 90 minutes of debate about financial burdens on patients, pharmaceutical industry lobbying, and legislative process, the Senate voted 34-5 to attach to the budget policy reforms authored by Health Care Financing Committee Co-chair Sen.
May 22, 2025
Board of education votes on new temp standards to replace MCAS graduation requirement
May 21, 2025The board of education voted 8-1 on Tuesday to approve new interim regulations overhauling the state's competency determination (CD) requirements for high school graduation — a temporary move to create uniform graduation standards after use of the
May 21, 2025
Mass. motel and hotel shelters will close this summer
May 20, 2025The state will close its remaining motel and hotel shelters this summer, Gov. Maura Healey announced Monday, as the governor and lawmakers have imposed restrictions on the emergency housing system over the past year and family enrollment has
May 20, 2025
Census shows Worcester's population grew 1% in 2024, mirroring statewide growth
May 20, 2025Ashland saw the largest estimated percentage growth of any Central Massachusetts community.
May 20, 2025-
New job seekers help bump unemployment rate up to 4.6%
May 19, 2025It was the fourth straight month that both the labor force and the unemployment rate grew.
May 19, 2025 
2025 Power 100: Meredith Harris
Updated: May 19, 2025Once easy to dismiss as a sleepy commuter community, Harris has helped bring a lot more economic activity into the MetroWest city of Marlborough.
Updated: May 19, 2025
The Insiders 2025: John Erwin
Updated: May 19, 2025Story by Jon Weaver, CEO of Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives
Updated: May 19, 2025
2025 Power 100: Stephen Kerrigan
Updated: May 19, 2025Few leaders in Central Massachusetts fight as fiercely to provide health care regardless of an individual’s ability to pay like Kerrigan, and this past year, he set records.
Updated: May 19, 2025
2025 Power 100: Dr. Michael Collins
Updated: May 19, 2025Since January, Collins has been resolute in his advocacy for UMass Chan and other institutions of higher education as he has directly called out the President Donald Trump Administration for threatening to cut National Institutes of Health funding
Updated: May 19, 2025
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