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Government & Politics
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2023 Power 50: Ivette Olmeda
Updated: May 1, 2023After the Main South TDI district graduated from the program, Ivette Olmeda was appointed to help another Worcester neighborhood along Pleasant Street in the vicinity of Piedmont Street.
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: Fred Taylor
Updated: May 1, 2023Fred Taylor gives Central Massachusetts a voice in one of the largest trade unions in the country, advocating for more than 30,000 members across the region.
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: Kaska Yawo
Updated: May 1, 2023Yawo has changed the landscape that immigrants and refugees to the Worcester area encounter when they arrive.
Updated: May 1, 2023
Power 50: The most influential Central Mass. professionals in 2023
Updated: May 1, 2023Business professionals from organizations of all types and sizes hold some amount of power, but how you shape the economy and community is when you are truly influential.
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: Michael Nicholson
Updated: May 1, 2023During the tenure of the state’s youngest mayor and Gardner’s first Latino elected official, Michael Nicholson is seeing signs of recovery as new businesses open and the neglected downtown is revived.
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: Julie Bowditch
Updated: May 1, 2023If Worcester has one person who serves as the face of everything positive about the city’s business community, it’s probably Julie Bowditch.
Updated: May 1, 2023
2023 Power 50: Roy Nascimento
Updated: May 1, 2023Helping to tie together the North Central Massachusetts business community from farmers to factory owners to the local hair salon is Roy Nascimento.
Updated: May 1, 2023
Report eyes path to aid those without health insurance
April 28, 2023Thousands of Massachusetts residents from marginalized backgrounds could gain health insurance coverage should policymakers move to expand eligibility criteria for state-subsidized plans and remove administrative hurdles, a report released Thursday
April 28, 2023
Framingham media outlet to stop reporting news as journalist hired by City
April 27, 2023The only news outlet dedicated to solely covering Framingham, the 14th largest community in Massachusetts, will stop reporting news amid financial struggles as its sole journalist will become a spokesperson for the city’s government.
April 27, 2023
Healey overhauling state economic development plan
April 26, 2023State officials next week plan to jump-start the process for creating the administration's economic development plan, a framework that all new governors must produce during their first year in office.
April 26, 2023
Kerrigan election puts new chairs atop both parties
April 25, 2023Former lieutenant governor nominee Steve Kerrigan, CEO of the Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center in Worcester, cruised to the top post at the Massachusetts Democratic Party with no opposition Monday night.
April 25, 2023
Central Mass. businesses to split $264K to improve mattress and food recycling
April 25, 2023Four organizations in Central Massachusetts received grants totaling more than $264,000 to help expand the collection of mattresses, textiles, and food materials as part of the Commonwealth Recycling and Reuse Business Development Grant program on
April 25, 2023
Central Mass. unemployment rates decrease after early-year rises
April 25, 2023After months of growing unemployment across Central Massachusetts communities, rates decreased in all three of the region’s metropolitan areas tracked by the state between February and March.
April 25, 2023
Healey sends Volkswagen settlement funds to electrify transit systems
April 25, 2023The Gov. Maura Healey Administration has allocated $34.3 million from the 2017 Volkswagen settlement to fund electric buses for regional transit authorities and electric vehicle projects.
April 25, 2023
Markey, Pressley highlight equity issues in latest fare-free transit push
April 25, 2023Members of the state's Congressional delegation relaunched a push Monday to roll out $25 billion in federal dollars to implement fare-free public transit options across the country.
April 25, 2023
Mass. AG calls for increased transparency in nursing home management
April 24, 2023Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell is leading a coalition of 18 state AGs and the inspector general in Washington D.C. in a call for more transparent disclosures of nursing home ownership.
April 24, 2023
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