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Resuscitated: Family Health Center's return from the brink
Updated: May 29, 2023After closing key facilities and operating on mere hours of cash, the Family Health Center of Worcester is in a more stable financial position, in part due to higher insurance reimbursements.
Updated: May 29, 2023
Energy Summit: How to ease the economy off its addiction to fossil fuels
Updated: May 29, 2023When it comes to reaching the state’s renewable energy goals, cross-sector collaboration is the name of the game, according to speakers and panelists at WBJ’s 2023 Mass Energy Summit.
Updated: May 29, 2023
WBJ wins eight awards in regional journalism competition
May 26, 2023Worcester Business Journal has been honored by the New England Newspaper & Press Association for coverage of diversity, equity, and inclusion issues, along with Polar Park, opinion commentary, editorial cartoons, and special sections on
May 26, 2023
State competitiveness concerns not limited to taxes
May 26, 2023The Senate's top Republican opted against seeking a vote Thursday on a roughly $750 million tax relief proposal, but set off a debate that revealed some fault lines as senators prepare for action on a standalone tax bill that Democrats have promised
May 26, 2023
Senate approves $56-billion annual state budget
May 26, 2023The annual state budget season moved to the next phase Thursday evening as the Senate unanimously approved a nearly $56 billion spending plan that ramps up spending while setting aside hundreds of millions of dollars for a tax relief plan that hasn'
May 26, 2023-
Tenants, landlords affected by Senate’s anti-eviction amendment
May 24, 2023Judges would be instructed to dismiss an eviction claim for failure to pay rent after state aid fully reimburses a landlord, while tenants could only get eviction cases paused if they seek financial assistance "in good faith" under a budget rider
May 24, 2023 
Report waves red flags on Mass. costs, outmigration
May 24, 2023The "red flags are waving" across Massachusetts, with housing, transportation and migration patterns continuing to trend in the wrong direction, according to a new report.
May 24, 2023
Devens building leased to R&D firm sells for $11M to Tennessee-based investors
May 22, 2023A Devens industrial building on seven acres at 53 Jackson Road was sold on May 15 to a Tennessee firm for $11 million, according to the Worcester District Registry of Deeds.
May 22, 2023
CCC agrees to faster approach on cannabis cafes
May 22, 2023Cannabis regulators voted Monday to overhaul their approach toward rolling out social consumption locations, sometimes referred to as marijuana cafes, that voters embraced in the 2016 ballot question legalizing recreational marijuana use.
May 22, 2023-
After April drop, mid-May tax collections up
May 22, 2023State tax collections over the first half of May were up nearly 12 percent over the same period in May 2022.
May 22, 2023 
Massachusetts unemployment rate sees slight decrease in April
May 19, 2023The unemployment rate in Massachusetts in April fell slightly for the second month in a row, according to the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.
May 19, 2023
WPI dean named to NIH council, to help make research recommendations
May 19, 2023Jean King, the dean of school of arts and sciences at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, has been named to a top council at the National Institutes of Health.
May 19, 2023
Economists: Mass. growth slowing, GDP expected to decline
May 19, 2023Massachusetts squeaked out a smidgen of economic growth in the first quarter of 2023, slowing substantially from its late 2022 growth rate, and analysts are predicting GDP declines in the second and third quarters.
May 19, 2023
Human service workers seeking wage, loan repayment aid
May 17, 2023Members of The Caring Force -- the advocacy arm of the Providers' Council, which represents community-based organizations in the human services sector -- touted legislative proposals at their 11th annual rally that would bolster wages and create a
May 17, 2023
Plans coming together for public higher ed investments
May 16, 2023As the House and Senate prepare for budget negotiations to get underway in a few weeks, a coalition advocating for debt-free public higher education is making a final push for historic investments into the sector with the advent of newly available
May 16, 2023
CVS to pay $6M to settle overcharging allegations throughout Mass., including Worcester
May 16, 2023CVS Pharmacy has reached an agreement with state Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s office to pay $6.15 million to settle allegations it failed to follow prescription pricing procedures in several Massachusetts locations, including Worcester.
May 16, 2023
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