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Outstanding Women in Business: Dominguez brings accessible support to those struggling the most
Updated: October 16, 2023Dominguez climbed the ranks from a customer service representative to management before becoming manager of customer advocacy. In her current role, she oversees six advocates who work with low-income customers to help them navigate their utility
Updated: October 16, 2023
MassDevelopment breaks ground on $21M public safety building in Devens
October 13, 2023MassDevelopment, the state’s development finance agency and land bank, broke ground on a new 30,745-square-foot public safety center in Devens.
October 13, 2023
Municipal officials say green power is wrapped in red tape
October 13, 2023Municipalities want to create programs to provide cheaper, greener power for their residents, and are backing a bill to cut through regulatory red tape and would allow them to get approval more quickly and easily.
October 13, 2023
Driscoll warns that Mass. shelters are at capacity
October 13, 2023Massachusetts is going to run out of places to shelter newly arriving immigrants and other families without housing "very, very soon," leaving the one state in the country that has a legal obligation to shelter unhoused families in a position where
October 13, 2023
UMass Chan, Lowell receive $9M from NIH for home health technology
October 12, 2023UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Lowell have received $8.9 million from the National Institutes of Health in support for their development of home care technology.
October 12, 2023
Report: Parents could save money, work more with early child care subsidies
October 12, 2023Legislation that would offer families financial assistance with the cost of early education and child care and address the stability of the industry would lead to huge increases in the percentage of young kids in such programs and would dramatically
October 12, 2023
Worcester City Council votes against dissolving Ballpark Commission
October 11, 2023The Ballpark Commission, which oversees certain aspects of Polar Park programming, will remain in place, following an 8-1 vote in favor of keeping it at a Worcester city council meeting.
October 11, 2023
Bill seeks new protections against workplace abuse
October 11, 2023A bill from Reps. Jessica Giannino and Carol Doherty (H 1882) would make it illegal for employers to engage in psychological abuse and requires them to install safeguards to ensure a safe working environment.
October 11, 2023
Healey housing approach taking shape
October 10, 2023While the wait continues for a housing bond bill, the Healey administration's housing production vision is slowly coming into view, and it will feature more than 20 policy changes designed to drive up the state's lowest-in-the-nation vacancy rate,
October 10, 2023
Treasurer agrees to Nov. 7 hearing over suspension of cannabis chair
October 6, 2023A hearing that had been scheduled for Friday on the preliminary injunction that Cannabis Control Commission Chairwoman Shannon O'Brien is seeking to stop Treasurer Deborah Goldberg "from continuing her unlawful removal of Chair O'Brien from her
October 6, 2023
Mass. House approves wage disclosure bill
October 5, 2023Under the bill, any public or private employer with 25 or more employees posting a job would need to list the annual salary or hourly wages they "reasonably and in good faith" expect to pay.
October 5, 2023
Three familiar developers submit bids to buy Worcester’s property off Shrewsbury Street
October 4, 2023Developers building three high-profile projects throughout Worcester have submitted bids to buy and revitalize City-owned property on Albany Street, off Shrewsbury Street currently used by the Department of Public Works & Parks.
October 4, 2023-
Biz groups behind changes to pay disclosure bill set for Wednesday vote
October 4, 2023The House will vote Wednesday on a bill that requires many employers to disclose a wage or salary range on job postings, Speaker Ron Mariano's office said, building on pay equity efforts that began nearly a decade ago.
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Top cannabis regulator O'Brien sues treasurer over suspension
October 2, 2023Shannon O'Brien, the former state treasurer and Democratic nominee for governor, filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing Treasurer Deborah Goldberg of unlawfully removing her as chairwoman of the Cannabis Control Commission.
October 2, 2023 
Enforcing the win-win: Worcester's assertive moves are less likely to scare developers than macroeconomic forces
Updated: October 2, 2023The City of Worcester has moved assertively to ensure it is getting a fair deal with developers, placing demands on businesses without reversing Worcester's development-friendly reputation.
Updated: October 2, 2023
Cannabis Control Commission tightens regulations on host communities, works to diversify industry
September 28, 2023The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission on Friday voted 3-1 to approve final changes to regulations for adult recreational and medical marijuana usage. The updated regulations will impact oversight of host community agreements, municipal
September 28, 2023
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