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Government & Politics
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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
Parking paralysis: Developers, activists, and city officials say parking requirements are blocking needed development
Updated: January 22, 2024With concerns over a lack of affordable housing dominating headlines, communities across the country are starting to reconsider the issue of mandatory parking minimums.
Updated: January 22, 2024-
Lawmakers balk at tax hikes despite governor's spending proposals
January 18, 2024Gov. Maura Healey launched into her second year as governor with big spending promises, but Democratic leaders in the Legislature say they aren't planning to raise taxes to pay for them, even as the state's fiscal picture looks grimmer than it did a
January 18, 2024 
Advocate calls for reopening of Marlborough MBTA station, $290M+ in Framingham/Worcester line improvements
January 18, 2024The report calls for a number of improvements to Framingham/Worcester Line service.
January 18, 2024-
Healey's State of the Commonwealth address calls for increased education and transportation spending
January 18, 2024Beleaguered public transit, K-12 education, and the growing climate and clean energy technology sector would all get major boosts in state funding under Gov. Maura Healey's vision for the year ahead.
January 18, 2024 
Healey set to make first State of the Commonwealth address Wednesday night
January 17, 2024According to her spokeswoman, Healey plans to discuss investments she hopes to see advance this year for housing, transportation and infrastructure, education, child care and economic development, including the life science and climate technology.
January 17, 2024
State and healthcare facilities agree on plan to cope with capacity crunch
January 17, 2024MHA said the "well-documented patient 'throughput' problem is the result of many issues, from workforce shortages that have taken available beds offline, to the difficulty in transporting patients, to delays in getting the proper authorizations for
January 17, 2024
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