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State bolsters cybersecurity efforts with $9M in funding
February 12, 2024The Healey administration announced Friday that it will make more than $9 million in federal grant money available to bolster cybersecurity and reduce systemic cyber risks for state and municipal public agencies across Massachusetts.
February 12, 2024
Worcester Guardian news site receives tax-exempt status
February 9, 2024The Worcester Guardian online news site, which was founded by the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, has received tax-exempt status as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit from the U.S. Internal Revenue Services.
February 9, 2024
Mass. leaders say Steward Health Care will not receive bailout
February 9, 2024Angered over the serious financial challenges at Steward Health Care that could jeopardize the future of safety net hospitals in eastern Massachusetts, top House Democrats insisted Thursday they will not bail out the company.
February 9, 2024
UMass Amherst alumnus to lead Mass. West-East Rail expansion project
February 9, 2024Andy Koziol, a University of Massachusetts Amherst graduate with nearly 16 years of transportation experience, will be new Massachusetts point person on the plan to stretch regular passenger rail service across the state from Boston to Pittsfield.
February 9, 2024
Fate of key bills determined on day of biennial legislative deadline
February 8, 2024The biennial legislative deadline known around Beacon Hill as Joint Rule 10 day arrived Wednesday, giving activists and lobbyists who have spent the past 13 months pushing for and against bills a limited glimpse at what remains in play heading into
February 8, 2024
Judge rejects suspended cannabis chair’s appeal
February 7, 2024An Appeals Court judge on Tuesday rejected suspended Cannabis Control Chairwoman Shannon O'Brien's petition, once again clearing the way for Treasurer Deborah Goldberg to schedule the meeting that could lead to O'Brien's firing.
February 7, 2024
Fallon HQ proposed for $87M conversion into 200+ apartments
February 6, 2024A letter of interest submitted by Synergy and included as part of the agenda packet for Tuesday’s City Council meeting says a plan to convert office space to housing of this magnitude has not been previously attempted in Massachusetts.
February 6, 2024
Pressure on state budget mounts as tax collection slump drags on
February 6, 2024With tax revenues running $769 million behind projections after December, the Healey administration last month slashed the year-end revenue estimate by $1 billion.
February 6, 2024
Worcester multifamily building sells for $1.25M, more than double its 2015 sale price
February 5, 2024A six-unit apartment building on the shore of Indian Lake in Worcester has sold for $1.25 million, five years after it was sold for $720,000.
February 5, 2024
Major swaths of state’s healthcare system considered high risk due to patient backlog
February 5, 2024Major swaths of the state's health care system are now considered "high risk," with the crisis largely fueled by a major backlog of patients waiting to be discharged from hospitals, the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association said Monday.
February 5, 2024
Mass. receives $8M following settlement with pharmaceutical companies
February 2, 2024Massachusetts will receive $8 million to address the opioid crisis as part of a $350 million national settlement with Publicis Health.
February 2, 2024
Legal team of suspended cannabis chair says they were unaware of federal probe
February 2, 2024An attorney for suspended Cannabis Control Commission Chair Shannon O'Brien said Thursday he is not aware of any federal investigation into his client and has not seen the subpoena that the Boston Globe reported Thursday had been sent to state
February 2, 2024
In wake of Uxbridge $1.2M lawsuit settlement, Worcester reveals it stopped collecting cannabis impact fees in early 2023
February 2, 2024Worcester joined a growing list of municipalities no longer collecting community impact fees from cannabis businesses in January 2023, after collecting nearly $5.2 million in those fees from fiscal 2019 to 2023.
February 2, 2024
U.S. head of German drug manufacturer sees further growth in Milford
February 1, 2024Though the name of the client and the cancer treatment it produces is confidential, Rentschler Biopharma's Tom Roberts says this is just the first in a new wave of business in Milford for the 150-year-old company.
February 1, 2024
A blue whale worth of weed: Mass. cannabis businesses sold record $1.8B in 2023
February 1, 2024The state's retailers sold 232,894 pounds worth of cannabis flower to recreational consumers in 2023, about the weight of the average blue whale.
February 1, 2024
Two mobile sports betting providers look to exit state as DraftKings and FanDuel account for 80% of placed bets
January 31, 2024WynnBet confirmed Wednesday that it plans to cease online wagering in Massachusetts and Betr announced last week that it would not renew its temporary license to take bets in Massachusetts.
January 31, 2024
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