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Government & Politics

  • Superintendents ask state to foot bill for school meals

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service June 21, 2023

    Count dozens of K-12 school superintendents among those who want lawmakers to make a universal meals program permanent, not just extend it for another year.

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service June 21, 2023
  • Lawmakers finding common ground on healthcare closures

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service June 21, 2023

    Lawmakers appear increasingly likely to make hospital expansions and closures an area of scrutiny this session, fueled in part by the planned shutdown of a Leominster maternity ward that has drawn vociferous criticism.

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service June 21, 2023
  • Registration open for Business of Cannabis forum, keynoted by CCC chair

    June 20, 2023

    Worcester Business Journal has opened the registration window for its fifth annual Business of Cannabis forum on July 20 at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester.

    June 20, 2023
  • Local unemployment drops in Leominster, Athol, holds steady in Worcester, Framingham

    Brad Kane June 20, 2023

    The local unemployment rate in Central Massachusetts communities remained low in May, including falling further from April figures in the North Worcester County region.

    Brad Kane June 20, 2023
  • Bags remain at center of State House battle against plastic

    Sophie Hauck | State House News Service June 19, 2023

    Time's up for single-use plastics. Or at least that remains the hope of representatives from ten environmental organizations who gathered this week on Beacon Hill to promote bills that would ban the distribution of plastic shopping bags at retail

    Sophie Hauck | State House News Service June 19, 2023
  • Worcester City Council seeks public hearing on Community Healthlink closures

    Isabel Tehan June 19, 2023

    City of Worcester Mayor Joe Petty is requesting a public hearing on the April closure of several Community Healthlink programs, according to the agenda for Tuesday’s City Council meeting.

    Isabel Tehan June 19, 2023
  • Long-term care bill emerges from elder affairs

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service June 19, 2023

    A wide-reaching long-term care reform bill is on the move in the Legislature, and it could soon emerge in the House after Speaker Ron Mariano named it one of his early priorities for the session.

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service June 19, 2023
  • Mass. unemployment drops below 3%, bucking national trend

    Isabel Tehan June 16, 2023

    The Massachusetts unemployment rate for May fell to 2.8%, down 0.3 of a percentage point from April. This is the third month in a row that the unemployment rate has decreased, and the first time it has dipped below the 3.0% percent mark in 2023,

    Isabel Tehan June 16, 2023
  • Senate leader sees different path to competitive edge

    Alison Kuznitz | State House News Service June 16, 2023

    Amid debate over how to keep Massachusetts competitive and how tax cuts figure into that goal, Senate President Karen Spilka emphasized Thursday the importance of "shoring up and expanding" the state's middle class.

    Alison Kuznitz | State House News Service June 16, 2023
  • A year later, tax relief bills again up for negotiation

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service June 16, 2023

    The fate of tax relief will now rest with a legislative negotiating committee after the Senate on Thursday stamped its unanimous approval on a nearly $590 million package.

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service June 16, 2023
  • Cities and towns in local aid limbo

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service June 15, 2023

    Cities and towns will likely need to wait weeks longer to find out how much state aid they'll receive in the next year, and the answers they get will have spillover effects on municipal budgets and possibly even local property taxes.

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service June 15, 2023
  • Madison begins $4.3M lease on Polar Park parking garage, buys land for Left Field Building

    Brad Kane June 14, 2023

    Across the street from its first near-complete apartment building, Boston developer Madison Properties has begun a lease on the Polar Park parking garage that will pay the City of Worcester $4.3 million in base rent over the next 20 years.

    Brad Kane June 14, 2023
  • State's new green bank will focus on housing retrofits

    Colin A. Young June 14, 2023

    Gov. Maura Healey announced Tuesday the launch of a "green bank" that she hopes will attract private investment and federal money to pay for building retrofits and new construction of decarbonized buildings in Massachusetts.

    Colin A. Young June 14, 2023
  • Thomson taking reins of business group AIM

    Colin A. Young | State House News Service June 14, 2023

    A leadership transition is underway at Associated Industries of Massachusetts, one that will see president and CEO John Regan hand the reins of one of the state's leading business groups to Executive Vice President for Government Affairs Brooke

    Colin A. Young | State House News Service June 14, 2023
  • Worcester contractor fined $115K for asbestos violations

    Timothy Doyle June 13, 2023

    The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection assessed a penalty of $114,969 against a Worcester contractor for violations of asbestos regulations that occurred during work on a Worcester residential property in fall 2021.

    Timothy Doyle June 13, 2023
  • Mass. Senate president pushes housing and workforce issues

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service June 13, 2023

    A suite of tax credits aimed at incentivizing new housing development will not be "the end of what the Senate will be doing on housing," Senate President Karen Spilka said Monday.

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service June 13, 2023

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