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New dashboard tracks electric vehicle rollout in Mass.
July 5, 2023The state Department of Transportation launched an interactive online dashboard compiling data about passenger vehicles registered in Massachusetts, including whether they run on fossil fuels, electricity or a hybrid power source.
July 5, 2023
Healey wants state to award $36M in contracts to LGBTQ, disability businesses
June 30, 2023State agencies should aim to spend $18 million with LGBT-owned businesses and $18 million with disability-owned businesses in the new fiscal year that starts Saturday, Gov. Maura Healey announced on the final day of Pride Month.
June 30, 2023
Supreme Court restricts race-based college admissions
June 30, 2023The nation's highest court on Thursday declared that two major colleges violated the Constitution by considering a student's race as a factor in admissions, a landmark decision that sent shockwaves through the higher education industry and generated
June 30, 2023
Max unemployment benefit period drops by four weeks
June 29, 2023People who file new unemployment claims on or after July 2 will now be eligible for a maximum of 26 weeks of benefits, down from 30 weeks due to low unemployment in the state's metro areas, state officials announced this week.
June 29, 2023
As part of ongoing push for LGBTQ+ resources, Healey launches online hubs
June 28, 2023The Gov. Maura Healey Administration has created two new online resource hubs for the LGBTQ+ community, intended to ease access to behavioral and mental health services and support.
June 28, 2023
Crosswinds swirling in tax relief talks
June 28, 2023Lawmakers eyeing prompt compromise on House and Senate tax relief bills that differ in several major ways will be buffeted by competing crosswinds that seem to disagree on what, exactly, is the best way to make Massachusetts more competitive.
June 28, 2023
UMass Chan enrolling patients in $3.8M autoimmune disease clinical trial
June 27, 2023Researchers at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester are leading a $3.75 million clinical trial into factors that may predispose individuals to vitiligo, a disease that causes the loss of skin pigment in patches.
June 27, 2023-
Healey lays out vision for $14B in capital spending
June 26, 2023The Healey administration on Thursday rolled out its five-year capital spending plan, which calls for $14 billion in spending with a focus on investments in roads, housing, climate projects and economic development.
June 26, 2023 
Helping people: The new Abby's House leader brings a decade of experience serving vulnerable residents
Updated: June 26, 2023As Abby’s House begins an expansion, the nonprofit’s new executive director brings a decade of experience serving vulnerable Central Mass. residents.
Updated: June 26, 2023
Waiting game: After early 2023 rocked the financial system, Central Mass. bankers are staying the course toward an uncertain future
Updated: June 26, 2023After the first half of 2023 rocked the banking world and as uncertainty clouds the economic future, Central Mass. bankers are staying the course.
Updated: June 26, 2023
Opioid deaths rise nearly 20% in Worcester County, 40% in city of Worcester
June 23, 2023In Worcester County, total opioid-related deaths increased to 331 in 2022, up from 281 the previous year. This 17.8% increase is one of the highest statewide.
June 23, 2023
New institute looks to shake up health equity research
June 23, 2023Taking aim at gaps in the existing constellation of health care analysis, a statewide community health center association will launch a first-in-the-nation research arm focused on better understanding poorer health outcomes among certain groups.
June 23, 2023
Mid-June revenues show continuation of May rebound
June 23, 2023June is usually the second- or third-biggest month of the year for tax collections, and a mid-month report shows receipts outpacing last year's pace over the first roughly two weeks of the month.
June 23, 2023
Construction underway at conversion of Natick school into affordable housing
June 22, 2023Natick-based Stonegate Group and Needham-based Nauset Construction broke ground on the Stonegate St. Patrick Redevelopment on Tuesday. The project, at the site of the former St. Patrick’s School in Natick, is a mixed-use development.
June 22, 2023-
Enrollment decline not showing up yet at MassHealth
June 22, 2023The MassHealth rolls decreased slightly in May, but remained larger than they were in March as the seismic campaign to redetermine eligibility for all 2.4 million members continues to ramp up.
June 22, 2023 
Report points to growth of Asian-American businesses in Mass.
June 22, 2023The payrolls of Asian-owned businesses in Massachusetts grew from $1.2 billion to nearly $4 billion over the 18-year period ending in 2020, according to a new report that collates information from national and local sources.
June 22, 2023
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