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Plumbers say droughts should spark interest in gray water bill
March 28, 2025After a statewide drought last year that fueled wildfires and severely decreased water levels in rivers and streams, plumbers were on Beacon Hill Thursday lobbying for a long overlooked bill to promote gray water recycling and ease pressure on
March 28, 2025
Wholesale power prices in region rose 300% in February
March 28, 2025Ratepayers know too well that February was a rough month for retail utility bills in New England, marked by soaring costs that threw household and business budgets out of whack.
March 28, 2025
Fed $$$ has continued to come in, T chief says
March 28, 2025The MBTA has not had any federal grants rejected or revoked amid a major belt-tightening campaign by the Trump Administration.
March 28, 2025
Healey warns about researchers leaving, students staying away
March 28, 2025Gov. Maura Healey has spent the last few weeks using her bully pulpit to warn of a brain drain out of Massachusetts, as a consequence of President Donald Trump's cuts to research funding and the threat of foreign-born students being deported.
March 28, 2025
Inspector general: Cannabis Control Commission initially failed to collect up to $1.73M in fees, as agency staffers lacked supervision
March 27, 2025CCC Executive Director Travis Ahern pushed back against the dollar amount named by Jeffrey Shapiro.
March 27, 2025
House rejects Gov. Healey's proposed prescription drug tax expected to generate $60M in revenue
March 27, 2025Mariano told top pharmaceutical and biotech leaders at MassBio's "State of Possible" conference that the House would drop the idea that the governor put forward in her $62 billion annual budget bill in January.
March 27, 2025
Boston Market in Worcester seized by state over taxes as chicken franchise spirals
March 27, 2025A Boston Market location on Park Avenue in Worcester has been seized by state officials, the latest issue for both the location and the once-prominent rotisserie chicken franchise.
March 27, 2025
North Carolina fiber internet provider expanding into Central Mass., investing $140M in network
March 26, 2025Ripple Fiber intends to begin service in mid-2025.
March 26, 2025
Poll gauges Mass. residents' interest in gas tax reform, congestion pricing
March 26, 2025Asked if Massachusetts should study the use of congestion pricing in and around Boston, 48% said yes and 35% said no.
March 26, 2025
Proposed tax change could help state’s small farms
March 26, 2025A pair of western Massachusetts lawmakers made an urgent plea to their colleagues Tuesday to allow smaller farms to access property tax benefits currently available only to their larger peers.
March 26, 2025
State care agencies under microscope at Worcester hearing as potential third state-run veterans' home is floated
March 26, 2025At a Joint Ways and Means Committee hearing in Worcester, the secretary described the next budget cycle as being about the "organizational maturation" of the Executive Office of Veterans Services.
March 26, 2025
Clark joins United Nations initiative dedicated to human rights, sustainability
March 26, 2025Clark University and its business school have joined 1,700 institutions worldwide working to realize the goals of the United Nations as the Worcester university has joined the UN Academic Impact initiative.
March 26, 2025
Worcester talent agency has local client cast in Hollywood version of Stephen King novel
March 26, 2025A local actor represented by a Worcester-based talent agency will soon appear on the silver screen alongside big Hollywood stars like Josh Brolin and William H. Macy.
March 26, 2025
ICE operation apprehends 370 in Mass., including four in Central Mass.
March 25, 2025Of those apprehended, one individual was from Worcester, one from Milford, and two from Marlborough.
March 25, 2025
Long-awaited South Coast rail begins service Monday
March 24, 2025The region has lacked rail service for the past 65 years, and the new line joins a string of others into Boston.
March 24, 2025
Remembering Robert Hawkins: A Stow golf club and a nonprofit are seeking to revive the legacy of the founder of New England's first Black-owned golf course
Updated: March 24, 2025Rediscover Mapledale is working to engage the community to celebrate Hawkins’ patrimony.
Updated: March 24, 2025
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