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Worcester chamber to endorse gig worker bill
July 12, 2022The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce intends to announce its support for a bill in the Massachusetts House of Representatives that would classify gig workers, such as for ride sharing apps, as independent contractors and not employees.
July 12, 2022
QCC awarded $735K workforce training grant
July 12, 2022On Monday, Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester received a $750,000 workforce training grant from the state, part of $15 million awarded to the 15 community colleges in Massachusetts.
July 12, 2022
House $3.8B spending bill includes $500M In tax relief
July 12, 2022The House on Monday advanced an economic development bill that invests $350 million in hospitals, $100 million in port development, $175 million in housing development and more than $3 billion in other areas, all while rolling out a series of one-
July 12, 2022
Abandoned HQ of Solar Wolf now back up for lease
July 11, 2022The former Auburn headquarters of defunct and legally troubled Solar Wolf Energy is available for lease, less than a year and a half after the renewable energy firm moved to the location.
July 11, 2022
Alicia’s Spice advances toward long-term goal of national brand recognition
July 8, 2022The woman-owned Alicia’s Spice Co. in Worcester is racing down a path of growth, evident with its Biz-M-Power partnership in June or its developing goal of putting products in schools.
July 8, 2022
Four Central Mass. organizations tabbed as centers for state’s behavioral health reform
July 8, 2022Four Central Massachusetts health organizations have been selected by the state government as newly designated Community Behavioral Health Centers, meant to provide greater access to mental health treatment across the commonwealth.
July 8, 2022
Worcester nonprofit COO resigns to run for public office
July 8, 2022Robyn Kennedy, chief operating officer of YWCA Central Massachusetts in Worcester, will step down from her position at the organization to focus on her election run for the 1st Worcester District state senate seat.
July 8, 2022
Relief rebates would flow to 2 million in Mass.
July 8, 2022House Democrats estimate their new tax rebate plan would help more than 2 million Massachusetts residents, and the half billion-dollar program might only represent an opening salvo of tax relief proposals.
July 8, 2022
Negotiators start cannabis reform talks with optimism
July 8, 2022Six lawmakers kicked off their work Thursday to finalize a cannabis industry reform bill that would represent the first major legislative action to modernize regulations on the recreational marijuana industry since it launched.
July 8, 2022
UMass Chan leaders top list of highest-paid state employees
July 6, 2022Seven employees at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester ranked among the top 16 highest-paid state employees in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the 2021 fiscal year, including Chancellor Michael Collins, who is the overall highest-paid state
July 6, 2022
Proposed closure of MWMC cancer department prompts in-person public hearing
July 6, 2022Various state and public officials, nurses’ union members, and representatives of the Tenet Healthcare corporation will gather at Framingham’s city hall on Wednesday evening to discuss the proposed closure of the oncology department at MetroWest
July 6, 2022
Owner of Worcester temp agencies charged with $49K insurance fraud
July 5, 2022A Worcester woman who runs two staffing agencies was charged by the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General on Thursday, having allegedly evaded more than $49,000 in premiums from insurance companies.
July 5, 2022
Index: Mass. employers teetering on edge of pessimism
July 5, 2022Recession and inflation concerns conspired in June to leave Massachusetts employers on the verge of switching to a pessimistic posture.
July 5, 2022
Shrewsbury property owner to pay $120K over explosion of dynamite-filled shed
July 1, 2022Edgar Muntz, Jr. has been ordered to reimburse the State $120,000 for cleanup following an explosion of a backyard shed at a property he owned through his 393 Oak Street Realty Trust.
July 1, 2022
Texas mortgage firm fined over $22K for Charlton oil spill
July 1, 2022The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection fined Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) of Dallas $22,360 for not reporting the discovery of an oil spill at an abandoned home in a timely manner.
July 1, 2022Grafton food waste conversion facility fined for odor
June 30, 2022Food waste conversion company, Feedback Earth Inc. of Grafton, will pay a $9,520 fine levied by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for violations of the air pollution and solid waste regulations.
June 30, 2022
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