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Memoire nightclub $25,000 fine showcases state regulatory muscle
August 17, 2022After five separate incidents in which patrons at Encore Boston Harbor's Memoire nightclub, some of them underage, were served more alcohol than they should have been, the Mass. Gaming Commission has fined the nightclub operator $25,000 and the
August 17, 2022
For Spilka, new mental health law culminates a lifelong story
August 17, 2022Tuesday's signing ceremony for the state's new mental health law was more than the celebration of another legislative achievement for Senate President Karen Spilka. It was also affirmation that a childhood clouded by a parent's untreated mental
August 17, 2022
With first ad, surtax fight is coming to Bay State living rooms
August 17, 2022More than half a decade after supporters launched their first effort to put a ballot question imposing a higher tax rate on wealthy households before voters, the campaign shifted into a new gear Wednesday morning.
August 17, 2022
Baker’s bill-filing ability could come into play for eco dev
August 17, 2022As the House and Senate's overtime talks around tax relief and economic development stretch on, Senate President Karen Spilka suggested Tuesday that Gov. Charlie Baker might end up being the one to put forward a bill to provide funding for things
August 17, 2022
Seven monkeypox cases in Worcester, as city launches informational website
August 17, 2022As of Tuesday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported 228 monkeypox cases in Massachusetts, a number much higher than any other state in New England.
August 17, 2022
Worcester staffing agency reports client’s 106 layoffs
August 16, 2022Worcester-based staffing firm Masis Staffing Solutions laid off 106 workers related to a large client on Aug. 5.
August 16, 2022
City of Leominster receives $25K to spruce up downtown business facades
August 16, 2022The North Central Massachusetts Development Corp. has granted $25,000 to the City of Leominster to support the city’s facade improvement program, which helps business owners upgrade their facilities’ exteriors.
August 16, 2022
Gaming centers haul in nearly $100M in July
August 16, 2022The state's three gaming centers raked in nearly $100 million in gross gaming revenue last month with more than $27.6 million bound for the state's coffers, the Gaming Commission announced Monday.
August 16, 2022
Baker staying optimistic on eco dev, tax relief
August 16, 2022Gov. Charlie Baker is holding out hope that top Democrats will reach agreement on some form of their shelved tax relief and spending bill, even though the August decrescendo represents what he called "a tough time."
August 16, 2022
Regulators comparing casino products to promises
August 15, 2022While it works on a parallel track to oversee the addition of legal sports betting to the state's gambling universe, the Mass. Gaming Commission on Thursday took a closer look at how the offerings at the state's casinos stack up against their
August 15, 2022-
Gaming Commission to begin sports betting rollout
August 15, 2022Gaming regulators will sit down with the state's casinos, simulcast centers and slots parlor this week to get a better sense of what they have planned for sports betting, and the Gaming Commission is thinking about whether those facilities will have
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Ed board to consider raising MCAS score requirements
August 15, 2022This year's incoming freshman class and at least the three classes that follow would have to score higher on the MCAS to graduate high school if the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education votes Monday afternoon to accept a recommendation from
August 15, 2022 
Legislators worried governor's amendment will water down MBTA safety reports
August 12, 2022Top Democrats are disappointed in Gov. Charlie Baker's proposal to alter the MBTA reporting and electrification requirements marbled into an $11.3 billion bond bill, arguing that the changes "will delay our progress towards our long-term
August 12, 2022
Mass. clean energy bill becomes law
August 12, 2022Gov. Charlie Baker was able to overcome his agita and on Thursday signed the Legislature's compromise offshore wind and climate policy bill, but he aired "deep misgivings" with some parts of the law and the way the House and Senate addressed his
August 12, 2022
Sweeping Mass. cannabis reform signed into law
August 12, 2022Nearly six years after voters approved legalizing recreational marijuana and almost four years since legal sales began, Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law the first major step of its kind by state government to bolster the nascent industry and tear
August 12, 2022
ReWalk seeks to reclassify product as artificial legs
August 12, 2022ReWalk Robotics is working with CMS to classify one of its products as artificial legs, which would make it easier for patients to receive its products.
August 12, 2022
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