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DiZoglio says new state legislature audit law takes effect Thursday
December 4, 2024Secretary of State Bill Galvin's office says successful ballot questions do not take effect until 30 days after election results are certified by the governor and Governor's Council, a process that's slated to unfold later Wednesday.
December 4, 2024
Former cannabis chair appeals to judge to release records regarding firing
December 4, 2024On Wednesday, the CCC plans to meet to review an Open Meeting Law complaint that O'Brien lodged last month, alleging that the agency improperly redacted the video of an April 2023 executive session that it supplied in response to a public records
December 4, 2024
Champions of Health Care: Misilo advocates and educates for those with special needs
Updated: November 25, 2024A lawyer by trade, Frederick Misilo has always been passionate about helping people with disabilities.
Updated: November 25, 2024
Movers & Shakers for Nov. 25, 2024
Updated: November 25, 2024Employees at Assumption University, Fidelity Bank, and Mirick O'Connell are advancing in their careers.
Updated: November 25, 2024
WBJ names the Champions of Health Care for 2024
Updated: November 25, 2024Health professionals interact with people at vulnerable points in their lives and provide professional and effective care. This is why WBJ launched its Champions of Health Care awards last year, nearly two decades after we last had an honor
Updated: November 25, 2024
Q&A: Worcester native returns from London to help immigrant businesses
Updated: November 25, 2024While Asante was climbing the corporate ladder abroad, she decided to return home to her family in Worcester. Her goal has always been to use her legal acumen to benefit local business owners, especially immigrant entrepreneurs who defied the odds
Updated: November 25, 2024-
Fired cannabis agency chair files legal appeal
November 8, 2024"This case presents important and undecided questions concerning the removal of a commissioner from an independent agency of the Commonwealth. It presents a number of issues of first impression, as the enabling statute of the Commission has never
November 8, 2024 
Failed oversight: Beset by infighting, a toxic culture, and an investigation into its leadership, the Cannabis Control Commission isn't effectively performing its functions
October 29, 2024A months-long WBJ investigation shows how a dysfunctional agency hollowed out by turnover, bogged down by infighting, and plagued by a fuzzy leadership structure is impeding businesses in a struggling industry.
October 29, 2024
Out of the weeds: From prohibition to profits, the last 35 years have seen big changes in cannabis
Updated: October 28, 2024In 2016, 53.6% of Massachusetts voters cast a ballot in favor of legalizing marijuana like alcohol, kicking off the creation of an industry that has so far led to more than $6 billion in sales.
Updated: October 28, 2024
Photo trivia!!! Can you match these business leaders with their older photos?
Updated: October 28, 2024WBJ has an extensive physical photo archive from the days when businesses sent in black-and-white photos of their executives and new hires.
Updated: October 28, 2024
Ageless ambition: Why retirees are re-entering the workforce
Updated: October 21, 2024Retirement is the well-deserved break all employees strive for at the end of a hard-worked career. While that respite sounds great in concept, the reality is retirees nationwide are reversing their decision and re-entering the workforce.
Updated: October 21, 2024
Ascend files $5M lawsuit against landlord of planned Devens manufacturing facility, claiming asbestos and compliance issues
October 17, 2024Westborough-based Ascend Elements has filed a lawsuit seeking $5 million in damages against the owner of a Devens building the company intended to turn into a manufacturing facility.
October 17, 2024
Two large cannabis companies in Central Mass. fined combined $165K
October 16, 2024Two multistate cannabis companies with operations in Central Massachusetts, have been fined a combined $165,000 by the state’s Cannabis Control Commission for regulatory violations.
October 16, 2024
Newburyport firm expanding to Worcester with acquisition of Sequel Law
October 15, 2024Sequel Law, a Worcester-based firm specializing in divorce and family law, has been acquired.
October 15, 2024
Developers behind 105-unit proposal at former Fairway Beef site request third permit extension, citing costs
October 3, 2024The developer behind the proposal to construct a 105-unit apartment building at the former site of the Fairway Beef meat market is seeking another permit extension.
October 3, 2024
Steward CEO resigns as Markey calls for accountability from firm's senior leadership, private equity investor
September 30, 2024The oft-maligned Ralph de la Torre is headed for the exits at Steward Health Care, resigning Tuesday as CEO of the company he founded here in 2010.
September 30, 2024
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