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  • CCC to put off home delivery, pot cafe regulations

    State House News Service February 27, 2018

    Home delivery of marijuana and social consumption of marijuana products will not be part of the legal marijuana industry when it launches in Massachusetts this summer.

    State House News Service February 27, 2018
  • Worcester seeks to restrict retail marijuana locations

    Zachary Comeau February 26, 2018

    Worcester City Manager Ed Augustus is proposing zoning amendments for the budding legal marijuana industry to facilitate the opening of 15 retail marijuana stores, but also address a loophole allowing onsite consumption of marijuana at private clubs.

    Zachary Comeau February 26, 2018
  • Frank Carroll lists Main Street building for $4.8M

    February 22, 2018

    A 76,700-square-foot building on Main Street in Worcester owned by businessman Frank Carroll is for sale for $4.8 million.

    February 22, 2018
  • CCC adds CFO, new website

    State House News Service February 21, 2018

    The young commission's ranks grew to 10 on Tuesday morning with the announcement that former state Senate Ways and Means Committee Budget Director Adriana Campos had been hired to serve as the commission's first chief financial and administrative

    State House News Service February 21, 2018
  • #SocialMediaWinners create fun, intimate connections with customers

    Zachary Comeau February 19, 2018

    Social media has delivered small businesses a path around robotic marketing campaigns and a way into homes of current and prospective customers.

    Zachary Comeau February 19, 2018
  • Pot advocates say Baker running 'intimidation campaign'

    State House News Service February 15, 2018

    Marijuana legalization leaders plan on Thursday to fire back at the Baker administration's "coordinated intimidation campaign," countering what has been a 10-day shelling of the Cannabis Control Commission's draft regulations by executive agencies

    State House News Service February 15, 2018
  • Legislature wants CCC to scale back pot industry regulations

    State House News Service February 13, 2018

    House Speaker Robert DeLeo said he agrees with many of the concerns Gov. Charlie Baker and his administration have raised with the Cannabis Control Commission's draft industry regulation.

    State House News Service February 13, 2018
  • Worcester claims marijuana club misled city officials

    Zachary Comeau February 12, 2018

    Worcester officials say they were not aware a private club that opened last week on Water Street would allow the smoking of cannabis within its doors.

    Zachary Comeau February 12, 2018
  • Cannabis opponents want smaller scope in regs

    February 12, 2018

    Two years later, many of the same groups that contested the ballot question to legalize marijuana are clashing again over the scope of the newly-legal industry, setting up the state's young regulatory agency for its most crucial decisions yet later

    February 12, 2018
  • Members-only cannabis club opens in Canal District

    Zachary Comeau February 9, 2018

    The Summit Lounge, a members-only marijuana club, opened today on Water Street in Worcester.

    Zachary Comeau February 9, 2018
  • Ed Hyder, owner of Worcester Mediterranean market, dies

    Grant Welker February 8, 2018

    Ed Hyder, who ran his popular Worcester Mediterranean market for 42 years, died from complications from chronic lymphocytic leukemia at age 67.

    Grant Welker February 8, 2018
  • Baker wants CCC to focus on retail pot

    State House News Service February 8, 2018

    Draft regulations to govern the sale of marijuana fail to resolve some "thorny" issues about marijuana cafes and pot sales at cinemas, the Baker administration advised the Cannabis Control Commission.

    State House News Service February 8, 2018
  • Following $230M Commerce buy, Berkshire moves forward with fresh faces

    Emily Micucci February 5, 2018

    Four months after acquiring Worcester's Commerce Bank for $230 million, Pittsfield's Berkshire Hills Bancorp., Inc. has replaced the old Commerce leadership as it strives to maintain the brand's market presence.

    Emily Micucci February 5, 2018
  • Regulations will create progressive Massachusetts marijuana industry

    Steven Hoffman February 5, 2018

    The chairman of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission says well-founded regulations rooted in public input will help Massachusetts create a leading national marijuana industry.

    Steven Hoffman February 5, 2018
  • Central Mass. firms praise GOP tax savings

    Zachary Comeau February 5, 2018

    Although all the ramifications are yet to be realized, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the Republican-backed tax overhaul Congress passed almost entirely along party lines in December, has led to local companies reinvesting in their U.S. operations.

    Zachary Comeau February 5, 2018
  • Shrewsbury firm wants to be the pay-as-you-go COO

    Brad Kane February 5, 2018

    Andrew Langlois' side hustle became his passion, as he discovered a niche of helping small firms use new technology like iPad point-of-sale systems and digital opportunities it afforded.

    Brad Kane February 5, 2018

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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.