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South Boston lawmaker says hospitals will not be allowed to fail
January 29, 2024Weighing potential impacts on hospitals in their districts, senators have been privately discussing financial challenges roiling the Steward Health Care system, according to one South Boston lawmaker.
January 29, 2024
City seeks public feedback as Worcester Now | Next development plan nears final stages
January 29, 2024Following the public comment period, the plan will be put in front of the Planning Board for final approval some time this winter.
January 29, 2024
MBTA expects challenging fiscal year despite budget increase
January 26, 2024Gov. Maura Healey's push to increase state support for the MBTA could help the agency navigate the year ahead, but it would not be enough to solve a projected budget gap, officials said Thursday.
January 26, 2024
Healey files second annual budget amidst uncertain fiscal outlook
January 25, 2024The Healey administration wants to tap new revenue sources and keep spending growth somewhat constrained in a $58.15 billion state budget that officials pitched as putting Massachusetts on a "glide path" toward potentially better financial
January 25, 2024
State committee gives favorable report to bill aiming to increase government transparency
January 25, 2024While the bill has a long path ahead of it, advocates for more government transparency are encouraged that a House-Senate committee on Tuesday gave a favorable report to a bill whose sponsors say it will bring needed "sunlight" to the legislative
January 25, 2024
Cannabis equity trust fund set to award $2.3M
January 25, 2024Applications for the first grants from a new fund meant to support cannabis entrepreneurs in communities disproportionately harmed by the War on Drugs are due next month, with $2.3 million available to help qualified business licensees with urgent
January 25, 2024
Central Mass. unemployment rates spike, rise above 2022 levels
January 24, 2024All four metropolitan areas of Central Massachusetts saw significant jumps in their unemployment rates in December.
January 24, 2024-
Healey calls for overhaul of state’s veteran services
January 24, 2024The legislation (H 4172), which Healey dubbed the HERO Act, calls for 17 different spending and policy changes with a combined goal of expanding benefits, modernizing services, and ensuring that veterans of all backgrounds are included and
January 24, 2024 
State lawmakers weigh which health equity policies to advance this session
January 24, 2024Sen. Cindy Friedman, Senate co-chair of the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing, acknowledged that lawmakers always need to pick their battles when asked about the Legislature's ability to tackle health care disparities alongside other crises,
January 24, 2024-
Healey opts to not file liquor license reform bill
January 23, 2024The first-term executive team described alcohol licensing reform as one of several key features in a wide-ranging "Municipal Empowerment Act" they rolled out Friday, pitching it as a way to remove the existing hurdle of securing state approval.
January 23, 2024 
Suspended cannabis regulator files appeal to lower court ruling
January 23, 2024Cannabis Control Commission Chair Shannon O'Brien's challenge of her suspension is now headed to the Appeals Court.
January 23, 2024
Great Brook Valley residents now eligible for cannabis business ownership assistance program
January 22, 2024Residents of Great Brook Valley in Worcester are now eligible to receive technical assistance and training to become business owners and employees in the legal cannabis industry.
January 22, 2024
Worcester, Templeton among communities to receive housing project funding from state
January 22, 2024The funding jolt from subsidies and the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program, which saw a $20 million increase in the tax package Gov. Maura Healey signed in October, will benefit more than 1,900 housing units.
January 22, 2024
What hope for homes? Even as interest rates might drop this year, the single-family housing market isn’t expected to loosen
Updated: January 22, 2024The most significant burden on the single-family market, not just in Central Massachusetts but around the country, is interest rates.
Updated: January 22, 2024
Cannabis businesses urge local governments to return impact fees, as Uxbridge pays $1.2M to settle lawsuit
January 19, 2024“Hopefully this is a cautionary tale for those municipalities that are still resistant to refunding unsubstantiated community impact fees,” Thomas MacMillian, the legal representative for Caroline’s, told WBJ in an email.
January 19, 2024
Hundreds attend hearing focused on Healey’s housing plan
January 19, 2024Hundreds of people crowded into the State House's largest hearing room to offer feedback on the five-year, $4.1 billion housing bond bill, representing a cross-section of affordable and public housing activists, real estate developers, and residents
January 19, 2024
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