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Baker will take reins of NCAA in March
December 15, 2022The NCAA announced Thursday morning it picked Baker, a two-term Republican who opted not to seek reelection, as its next top leader to succeed Mark Emmert.
December 15, 2022
MassHealth chief departing in early January
December 14, 2022MassHealth chief Amanda Cassel Kraft will depart her role in the new year, just days before Gov.-elect Maura Healey takes over the executive branch, the Baker administration announced Tuesday.
December 14, 2022
MassDevelopment adds three years to CEO contract
December 14, 2022The state's economic development finance agency board has extended the contract of its president to keep the Gov. Charlie Baker appointee in place through most of Gov.-elect Maura Healey's term.
December 14, 2022
Financial aid boost eyed to lift college ranks
December 14, 2022Doubling the amount of state-funded financial aid for public higher education students to $400 million a year is among the recommendations a state board is making to capitalize on a "unique moment of opportunity" in education funding.
December 14, 2022
Mass. due $230M In opioid settlement with CVS, Walgreens
December 13, 2022Massachusetts stands to receive $230 million under agreements reached with CVS and Walgreens resolving allegations that the companies contributed to the opioid crisis by failing to properly oversee the dispensing of opioids at their stores.
December 13, 2022
Trapped: Worcester neighborhoods still suffer from the legacy of redlining
Updated: December 12, 2022In 1936, seven white men judged which neighborhoods of Worcester were not viable for real estate financing. Today, as rising costs overburden half of renters in the city, those impacted the most are from those neighborhoods still suffering from lack
Updated: December 12, 2022
Redlining map: Discrimination from 1936
Updated: December 12, 2022As part of the then-new Federal Housing Administration’s effort to give out more home loans, a 1936 assessment of the neighborhoods in Worcester was commissioned by the Home Owners' Loan Corp.
Updated: December 12, 2022
Redlining: An economic legacy - See all the elements from the WBJ-WRRB report
Updated: December 12, 2022The Worcester Business Journal partnered with the nonprofit Worcester Regional Research Bureau on a new project examining how rent increases over the last decade have impacted the city and its businesses, as well as an historic look at how financial
Updated: December 12, 2022
Take WBJ's 2023 Economic Forecast survey
December 9, 2022WBJ is conducting its annual Economic Forecast survey, gauging readers' opinions about what 2023 will bring. Those who fill out the survey by Dec. 19 will be eligible to win one of three $50 gift cards.
December 9, 2022
Cannabis regulators want big budget increase
December 9, 2022Members of the Cannabis Control Commission voted Thursday to approve a fiscal year 2024 budget request of more than $23.7 million, including 26 new hires and $1.5 million to fund public awareness campaigns called for in this summer's cannabis
December 9, 2022
Report lays out recommended health care priorities for Healey administration
December 8, 2022To address the current slate of health care challenges, state officials in the new year should create a Cabinet-level equity secretary, limit allowable growth in out-of-pocket consumer insurance costs, and develop a 10-year health care workforce
December 8, 2022
State launches $50M fund to aid clean energy startups
December 8, 2022Clean energy technology companies that have promising products that could help the state meet its decarbonization goals but might not have the capital to make their ideas a reality have a new potential source of funding.
December 8, 2022
Official: Fed oversight on ARPA spending has lightened up
December 7, 2022Federal requirements governing the use of American Rescue Plan Act funds have "definitely lightened up."
December 7, 2022
Batista agrees to two-year Worcester city manager contract, gets $50K raise
December 7, 2022The Worcester City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday evening to approve Eric Batista’s contract to become the city’s permanent city manager.
December 7, 2022
Mass. to offer $169M for small businesses and startups
December 6, 2022Massachusetts will steer nearly $169 million in U.S. Treasury funding toward loans and seed money for small businesses and entrepreneurs, the Baker administration announced Tuesday.
December 6, 2022-
Unions call to invest in public higher ed
December 2, 2022After winning a long fight to impose a surtax on the state's highest earners designed to fund education and transportation, unions and educators from across Massachusetts are making it clear that public higher education is on the top of their
December 2, 2022
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