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Grafton Job Corps searching for shelter for 30 homeless students as Trump Administration prepares to vacate closing campus on Monday
May 30, 2025“These are people's lives they're playing with, and it's horrible,” Hebert said of the Trump Administration’s decision to unilaterally shutter all contract-run Job Centers across the country.
May 30, 2025
Westborough manufacturer’s CFO to retire, search for successor underway
May 30, 2025Rich Sneider served as the firm’s CFO since 1998.
May 30, 2025
Wachusett Mountain leader applauds Healey’s move to revamp ski area regulations amid wider business rule reforms
May 29, 2025The regulatory updates touch different types of businesses, including grocery stores, ski areas, barber shops, retail stores, banks and credit unions, telecommunications and electric companies, and others.
May 29, 2025
House committee voting on potential CCC restructuring, changes to cannabis licence ownership limits
May 28, 2025Opponents, including Equitable Opportunities Now and the Massachusetts Cannabis Equity Council, have warned that multistate operators are able to spend heavily to increase their market share and that allowing them to grow even more will hurt small
May 28, 2025
Central Mass. nonprofits snag portion of $6.7M for small business training
May 28, 2025Nine Central Massachusetts nonprofits have received a total of nearly $1 million in grant funding for their efforts to provide small businesses with technical assistance training and access to financing.
May 28, 2025
Private attorneys stop accepting court-appointed cases, citing wages
May 28, 2025Hundreds of private attorneys who represent indigent defendants across Massachusetts announced Tuesday that they will stop accepting new court-appointed cases until the Legislature raises their pay to match rates in neighboring states.
May 28, 2025
MHA: GOP's big beautiful bill puts MassHealth funding at risk
May 28, 2025While the impacts of the U.S. House GOP's tax and funding cuts legislation come into focus, the group that represents the state's hospitals said this week it is closely monitoring provider tax policy for potential changes that could make it even
May 28, 2025
Small businesses discuss struggles at state hearing
May 28, 2025Restaurant owners scrambling to turn profits amid rising food, labor and energy costs again turned to the Legislature Tuesday for some reprieve as they lobby to pass credit card surcharges onto their customers. Meanwhile, economic development groups
May 28, 2025
Trump Administration seeking to close two Central Mass. Job Corps centers as part of elimination of program nationwide
May 28, 2025Supporters of the centers say closing them will undermine workforce readiness and leave nearly 500 residential students at the sites without a clear future.
May 28, 2025
Canadian firm to study solutions to I-290 divide in Worcester
May 27, 2025With a planned start in June and completion expected by the end of September 2026, the study seeks to find ways to reconnect neighborhoods divided by the construction of the highway in the mid-20th century.
May 27, 2025
Senate passes $61.4B annual state budget
May 23, 2025On the same day the U.S. House approved a sweeping package of tax relief and funding cuts that could impact state finances, the Massachusetts Senate approved an annual state budget that presses ahead with a sizable spending increase.
May 23, 2025
DPH presses Framingham Union for more answers regarding upcoming NICU closure
May 22, 2025DPH’s request comes after the state agency deemed Framingham Union’s NICU an essential service following the hospital’s April announcement that it planned to shutter its 12-bassinet unit by June 10.
May 22, 2025
Senate moves forward to cap prescription drug prices
May 22, 2025After nearly 90 minutes of debate about financial burdens on patients, pharmaceutical industry lobbying, and legislative process, the Senate voted 34-5 to attach to the budget policy reforms authored by Health Care Financing Committee Co-chair Sen.
May 22, 2025
Board of education votes on new temp standards to replace MCAS graduation requirement
May 21, 2025The board of education voted 8-1 on Tuesday to approve new interim regulations overhauling the state's competency determination (CD) requirements for high school graduation — a temporary move to create uniform graduation standards after use of the
May 21, 2025
Mass. motel and hotel shelters will close this summer
May 20, 2025The state will close its remaining motel and hotel shelters this summer, Gov. Maura Healey announced Monday, as the governor and lawmakers have imposed restrictions on the emergency housing system over the past year and family enrollment has
May 20, 2025
Census shows Worcester's population grew 1% in 2024, mirroring statewide growth
May 20, 2025Ashland saw the largest estimated percentage growth of any Central Massachusetts community.
May 20, 2025
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