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House adds capital gains and business tax cuts to relief plan
April 12, 2023House Democrats have come around on the idea of slashing the state's short-term capital gains tax rate, weaving the proposal and another surprise business-friendly measure into a revived tax relief package that's anchored by a new tax credit for
April 12, 2023
Budget chief mindful of possible slow recession
April 12, 2023As chatter continues about the likelihood of a recession, Administration and Finance Secretary Matthew Gorzkowicz pointed Tuesday to "strong" March tax receipts as a "good indicator of where we're likely to go into April," the year's biggest
April 12, 2023
Workforce aid eyed to stabilize nursing homes
April 11, 2023Senior care and health workforce advocates say increased pay for care workers included in a priority bill on Beacon Hill would help address the staffing shortages that have plagued the state's nursing homes in recent years and led to a decline in
April 11, 2023
Advocates urge revival of eviction prevention law
April 11, 2023One housing advocate made it clear to lawmakers on Monday: without a pandemic-era policy pausing eviction cases while an application for aid is pending, "people would have been on the street."
April 11, 2023
Healey seeking housing secretary in advance of vote to create the role
April 10, 2023Gov. Maura Healey has begun looking for a housing secretary to fulfill a long-promised campaign pledge as the Legislature gears up to take action on her plan to officially create the role.
April 10, 2023
Think tank report challenges notion of wealthy Bay Staters leaving for lower cost of living
April 10, 2023Massachusetts had one of the lowest rates of wealthy residents decamping for other states in the 2010s, according to a new report from a left-leaning think tank that argued it would be misguided to pursue tax cuts for wealthier households to stem a
April 10, 2023
Physician assistants push to keep their pandemic flexibility
April 7, 2023Keeping in place a pandemic-era policy that gave physician assistants greater workplace and supervisory flexibility would help Massachusetts navigate a spiraling health care workforce crisis, its legislative sponsor said Thursday.
April 7, 2023
Healey’s free college cost pegged to aid, enrollment projections
April 7, 2023Gov. Maura Healey said this week that she is looking forward to working with the Legislature on ways to fund free community college for Massachusetts residents over 25, after a representative questioned if the $20 million she earmarked for the
April 7, 2023
MetroWest organizations awarded $232K to improve drinking water
April 6, 2023Five organizations in Boxborough and Stow received a combined $232,209 as part of nearly $600,000 awarded in Central Massachusetts and $1 million statewide from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection grants to small public water
April 6, 2023
Workers' comp insurance rates to drop 10%
April 6, 2023Massachusetts businesses got a break on the high-cost front Wednesday with news that workers' compensation rates will drop an average of 10 percent.
April 6, 2023-
Infectious disease doctor named state public health commissioner
April 5, 2023Robert Goldstein, an infectious disease physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, will become the state's commissioner of public health on April 18, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kate Walsh announced Tuesday.
April 5, 2023 
Three Central Mass. organizations granted $1M for November-April tourism
April 5, 2023Discover Central Massachusetts in Worcester, MetroWest Boston Visitors Bureau in Framingham and Visit North Central Massachusetts in Fitchburg will receive a $1-million Travel and Tourism Season Extension Grant from the Massachusetts Office of Tra
April 5, 2023
After nine months, Ed Augustus to step down as Dean College chancellor
April 4, 2023Nine months after he took on the newly created role, former Worcester city manager Edward Augustus will step down as the first-ever chancellor of Dean College in Franklin effective April 14, for what he described as an uncertain future.
April 4, 2023
Central Mass. small businesses eligible for $78M from new grant programs
April 4, 2023Two new grant programs will make $78 million available to Massachusetts small business owners focusing on disadvantaged communities and movie theater owners.
April 4, 2023
Mass. joins other Northeast states to attract money for clean hydrogen industry
April 4, 2023Massachusetts state agencies have coordinated with five other Northeast states to create a public-private partnership to attract federal dollars to build a clean hydrogen hub in the region.
April 4, 2023
Telegram & Gazette parent CEO made $3.4M in 2022
April 3, 2023Gannett Co., Inc. CEO, President, and Chair Mike Reed received $3.38 million in compensation in 2022, according to a preliminary proxy report released on Friday.
April 3, 2023
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