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Natick manufacturer to pay $500K over defective IV pumps
January 3, 2023Zyno Medical, a Natick-based intravenous pump manufacturer, has agreed to pay nearly $500,000 to resolve allegations it knowingly distributed defective medical devices.
January 3, 2023
Baker admin sees benefits in funding Maine wind project
January 3, 2023A 1,000 megawatt onshore wind project planned for northern Maine and an associated transmission build-out "would provide benefits to Massachusetts and the region," the Mass. Department of Energy Resources said as it determined that it makes sense to
January 3, 2023
DPU approves wind contracts
January 3, 2023The Department of Public Utilities on Friday approved the contracts between both the Commonwealth Wind and Mayflower Wind offshore wind projects and Bay State utilities, rejecting Commonwealth Wind's request to scrap an agreement that it says would
January 3, 2023
Mass. minimum wages to rise to $15 and $6.75 on Sunday
December 30, 2022The minimum wage for workers in Massachusetts will hit a new high on Sunday, when it rises to $15 an hour and $6.75 per hour for tipped service workers, provided their tips bring them up to at least $15 per hour.
December 30, 2022
Mass. lawmakers pay increasing 4.4% in 2023
December 30, 2022State lawmakers are in line for another pay raise in the new year, this one worth more than 4 percent.
December 30, 2022-
Mass. taxpayers may get another rebate as state government surplus nears legal limit
December 30, 2022Beacon Hill seems to have more money than it knows what to do with these days, and lawmakers could soon have even fewer options at their disposal.
December 30, 2022 
Jane Fund, Planned Parenthood awarded state grants to improve abortion access
December 28, 2022The Jane Fund of Central Massachusetts, a Holden-based abortion fund, is among 11 community-based organizations across the commonwealth selected to split $4.1 million in state funding to improve reproductive healthcare, including access to abortion.
December 28, 2022
National draw games a saving grace for Mass. Lottery
December 28, 2022After months of sluggish sales, the latest fiscal year-to-date figure of $2.55 billion in Mass. Lottery products sold is only about $11.6 million -- or one half of one percentage point -- behind the same stretch during fiscal year 2022.
December 28, 2022
Baker reflects on legacy, unfinished business
December 28, 2022Next week, Charlie Baker will take his lone walk out of the executive office suite where he has worked as governor for the last eight years, through a State House that he has roamed for much of the last three-plus decades in various capacities, and
December 28, 2022
New federal budget doles out millions for Central Mass. nonprofit projects
December 27, 2022Central Massachusetts nonprofits will receive millions of dollars in federal funding in fiscal 2023 as part of the $1.7-trillion omnibus spending bill signed into law by President Joe Biden on Friday.
December 27, 2022
Soft launch could trigger in-person sports betting Jan. 31
December 27, 2022The Gaming Commission on Thursday moved towards narrowing down the date for the launch of legal in-person sports betting in Massachusetts and it appears as if the first bets could be placed during a "soft launch" on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023 by people
December 27, 2022
Healey chooses top transportation officials
December 27, 2022Gina Fiandaca, Boston's former transportation commissioner, will join Maura Healey's Cabinet next month as transportation secretary, a post that will put her in charge of helping to turn around the MBTA and addressing traffic congestion and public
December 27, 2022
WBJ readers' 2023 economic forecast survey: Not looking great
Updated: December 26, 2022More than a third of WBJ readers believe the Central Massachusetts economy will decline in 2023.
Updated: December 26, 2022
How did we do with WBJ’s 2022 predictions?
Updated: December 26, 2022In December 2022, the WBJ Editorial staff made 10 predictions of what this year’s headlines would bring. They were bold, and they were mostly wrong. We got three right. Here are our predictions and what actually happened.
Updated: December 26, 2022
Hopkinton to provide grant money for small businesses
December 22, 2022The town of Hopkinton announced on Monday that it has started accepting applications for Economic Support Grants for local small businesses that were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
December 22, 2022
Operator of six Central Mass. healthcare facilities to pay $1.75M for failing to meet needs of patients with substance use disorder
December 22, 2022Farmington, Connecticut-based Athena Health Care Systems has been ordered to pay $1.75 million to Massachusetts' Opioid Recovery and Remediation Trust Fund for failing to meet needs of patients with substance use disorder.
December 22, 2022
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