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  • Greater Worcester homebuilding lags behind state, national, historic rates

    Grant Welker June 11, 2018

    New homes aren't being built at nearly the rate they used to in and around Worcester. In fact, the region hasn't kept up with statewide or national rates.

    Grant Welker June 11, 2018
  • Let’s start with reasonable zoning laws

    June 11, 2018

    Worcester County and especially the city of Worcester are in a homebuilding crisis

    June 11, 2018
  • Movers & Shakers

    June 11, 2018

    Twenty-one Central Mass. workers and their organizations reported to the WBJ that they have landed new jobs this month.

    June 11, 2018
  • Worcester City Council again tables tobacco vote

    Zachary Comeau June 6, 2018

    The Worcester City Council again tabled a proposal to delay a city-wide ban on flavored tobacco products unless said products are sold in an age-restricted establishment.

    Zachary Comeau June 6, 2018
  • Amorsa Therapeutics names biotech law expert to board

    June 4, 2018

    Pharmaceutical law expert Jeffrey Wiesen has been appointed to the board of directors for Southborough-based Amorsa Therapeutics, the neuropharmaceutical firm announced Friday.

    June 4, 2018
  • 101: Finding talent

    Susan Shalhoub June 4, 2018

    Hiring is never an easy task for an employer – especially if a recruiter is not in the budget. For large companies, less-bureaucratic small businesses may be luring your potential employees away.

    Susan Shalhoub June 4, 2018
  • Cannabis licenses could be awarded next week

    State House News Service May 23, 2018

    With just more than a week until it can begin issuing business licenses, the Cannabis Control Commission is in the midst of conducting its first background checks for prospective legal marijuana businesses.

    State House News Service May 23, 2018
  • Three Central Mass. companies pay top exec at least 100 times higher than median employee

    Zachary Comeau May 23, 2018

    Three Central Massachusetts companies have reported CEO pay at least 100 times that of respective companies' median employees.

    Zachary Comeau May 23, 2018
  • Red Sox President: Sports betting a "positive thing"

    State House News Service May 22, 2018

    Government regulation of sports betting will be a "positive thing," according to the president of the Boston Red Sox.

    State House News Service May 22, 2018
  • Medusa says financing is key to brewery growth

    May 22, 2018

    Opening a brewery can be difficult, especially with finances, which will always exceed a brewer's expectations, said Keith Sullivan, co-founder and general manager of Hudson-based Medusa Brewing Co. and vice president of the Mass. Brewers Guild.

    May 22, 2018
  • Northborough office, manufacturing space sold for $2.2M

    May 15, 2018

    More than 27,000-square-feet of office space in Northborough was sold Monday for nearly $300,000 more than what the space was sold for in September.

    May 15, 2018
  • State lawmakers begin sports betting talks after SCOTUS ruling

    State House News Service May 15, 2018

    Monday's ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court that states are free to legalize sports betting opened the door to the possibility of a further expansion of gaming in Massachusetts.

    State House News Service May 15, 2018
  • Jack's Abby wants craft beer united against big beer

    May 15, 2018

    Framingham craft beer maker Jack's Abby has transformed into an industry leader, increasing its employee count fivefold and raising its barrel production from 18,000 to 45,000 in three years.

    May 15, 2018
  • City councilor to request delay on flavored tobacco regulations

    Zachary Comeau May 14, 2018

    A Worcester city councilor is now asking city officials to hold off on implementation of Board of Health regulations that would restrict the sale of flavored tobacco products to adult-only establishments.

    Zachary Comeau May 14, 2018
  • Successful family businesses learn & adapt

    Grant Welker May 14, 2018

    Family businesses likely don't see themselves as dictatorships, but to be multi-generational businesses, they've survived by adapting and looking ahead instead of how things have been done in previous generations.

    Grant Welker May 14, 2018
  • Central Mass. prepares for pot

    Zachary Comeau May 14, 2018

    On July 1, Massachusetts will open the doors to its newest industry: Retail weed.

    Zachary Comeau May 14, 2018

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Will the new lottery-based admissions systems for vocational-technical high schools make the economy better?
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Massachusetts is implementing a new lottery admissions system for vocational-technical high schools, starting with the 2026-2027 school year. Proposed by the Healey Administration, the new lottery system is an attempt to expand access to voc-tech schools, giving schools with more applicants than seats the choice of either a weighted lottery, which takes aspects like attendance and discipline records into account, or a non-weighted lottery, which does not take academic performance or discipline issues into consideration.

Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler and supporters of the lottery have defended the change to a lottery system, saying it will make admissions more equitable while the state works to expand access to voc-tech schools. The lottery system has been criticized by business groups and educational leaders, who have said lotteries will water down admission standards and disrupt the pathway of top students into high-demand trades.