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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
Rideshare drivers revive push for union rights
December 22, 2022After an election cycle where ride-hailing and food delivery drivers' rights were originally planned to be on the ballot, drivers for apps such as Uber, Lyft, Doordash and Instacart joined with labor advocate allies to attempt to reinvigorate calls
December 22, 2022
Worcester IT firm announces 71% revenue increase following July merger
December 21, 2022Worcester cybersecurity firm SideChannel, Inc. reported a 71% year-over-year revenue increase in fiscal 2022, in its first report since combining with Austin encryption company Cipherloc Corp.
December 21, 2022
Incoming attorney general names Baker deputy as first assistant AG
December 21, 2022Attorney General-elect Andrea Campbell has hired Patrick Moore to be her first assistant attorney general.
December 21, 2022
Governor-elect focused on affordability issues, retaining talent
December 21, 2022Reiterating that affordability and tax reform are among her chief concerns as she prepares to become governor, Maura Healey said Tuesday that she does not see those priorities as being "a wash" when combined with her support for the new income
December 21, 2022
Worcester County unemployment drops to lowest rate since April 2019
December 20, 2022The Worcester County unemployment rate in November dropped two tenths of a percentage point from October to 3%, the lowest rate since April 2019, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
December 20, 2022
DEP chief to helm waste management nonprofit
December 20, 2022The state's top environmental protection official will be leaving come January to take over an interstate nonprofit focused on waste management.
December 20, 2022
Health and Human Services Secretary Sudders to retire
December 20, 2022Marylou Sudders, who oversaw COVID-19 response efforts and helmed the sprawling health and human services secretariat, plans to retire from public service early next year.
December 20, 2022
Healey will name former top aide Hoffer as climate chief
December 19, 2022Massachusetts will become the first state in the nation to create a climate chief on the governor's Cabinet, and Gov.-elect Maura Healey on Monday plans to fill that slot with EPA Principal Deputy General Counsel Melissa Hoffer.
December 19, 2022
Wind energy developer seeks to scrap power agreements
December 19, 2022Declaring that the largest offshore wind farm in the state's pipeline cannot be financed and built under existing contracts, Commonwealth Wind on Friday asked Massachusetts regulators to scrap the agreements the company reached with utilities and
December 19, 2022
Elizabeth Warren warns against raising interest rates
December 19, 2022After weeks of sounding the alarm about the downsides of interest rate hikes, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren thinks the more modest approach the Federal Reserve took with its latest increase is still pushing the envelope too far, too fast.
December 19, 2022
Mass. nearly back to pre-pandemic job levels, as unemployment drops to 3.4%
December 19, 2022Massachusetts employers added 17,300 jobs in November, labor officials announced Friday, putting the state within striking distance of returning to a pre-pandemic level of employment.
December 19, 2022
Packaging firm finalizes new $46M Sutton tax break, after compensating neighbors over blasting
December 19, 2022Sutton-based UN1F1ED² Global Packaging Group and the Town of Sutton have renegotiated a new $46.1-million tax-increment financing agreement for the company’s $475-million expansion.
December 19, 2022
New community behavioral health centers target gaps in care
December 16, 2022The state plans to open 25 community behavioral health centers early next year as Massachusetts residents continue to struggle with increased mental health challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
December 16, 2022
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