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Small Business

  • SBANE offering manufacturing consulting grant

    Zachary Comeau August 31, 2017

    The Small Business Association of New England has developed a matching grant program intended to provide consulting expertise manufacturers in the state.

    Zachary Comeau August 31, 2017
  • Health care ombudsman could cut through state's red tape, industry says

    State House News Service August 31, 2017

    Navigating different sets of regulations and state offices poses a challenge to those charged with patient care in Massachusetts, health care experts and officials say.

    State House News Service August 31, 2017
  • Dudley solar farm to save $1.5 million in energy costs

    August 25, 2017

    A Boston solar company has completed a 2.4-megawatt solar farm in Dudley to provide energy to Worcester-area businesses.

    August 25, 2017
  • Marijuana industry awaits as state regulators gear up

    State House News Service August 22, 2017

    As the state builds its regulatory framework for the new legal marijuana industry, businesses and entrepreneurs are chomping at the bit to do business here.

    State House News Service August 22, 2017
  • Craft brewing booming in Central Mass. amid sustainability concerns

    Zachary Comeau August 21, 2017

    Despite the congenial attitude among Central Mass. breweries, the statewide industry association is worried growth may become unsustainable.

    Zachary Comeau August 21, 2017
  • Transition your small business in retirement

    Julianne Dahrooge August 21, 2017

    Select and develop a successor.

    Julianne Dahrooge August 21, 2017
  • 40 Under Forty: Asmar N. Akman

    August 21, 2017

    Born as a first-generation American from parents Sabri and Meryem Akman – who left Turkey to give their children a better future – Akman moved from Webster Square to New York City for leadership roles at places like Bank of New York and Carnival

    August 21, 2017
  • Boxborough residents fighting a rising tide

    Grant Welker August 21, 2017

    As housing demand rises for their community, Boxborough residents are fighting new developments, even though they have little choice in the matter.

    Grant Welker August 21, 2017
  • 40 Under Forty: Robert Fecteau

    August 21, 2017

    BirchTree's foundations were laid when Fecteau started selling his bread out of the back of wife Avra Hoffman's Subaru, and then moving onto farmers' markets.

    August 21, 2017
  • Health Connector launches small business website

    Emily Micucci August 16, 2017

    The Massachusetts Health Connector has launched a website dedicated to health plan shopping for small business owners and employees.

    Emily Micucci August 16, 2017
  • Biostage completes successful human implant

    Emily Micucci August 9, 2017

    Holliston-based Biostage Inc. on Monday announced the first implant of its proprietary Cellspan Esophageal Implant in a human patient.

    Emily Micucci August 9, 2017
  • Medusa brewery planning $5.5 million canning facility

    Zachary Comeau August 8, 2017

    Medusa Brewing Co. will develop a $5.5-million canning facility adjacent to its existing taproom in Hudson.

    Zachary Comeau August 8, 2017
  • Baker appoints pot advisory board members

    State House News Service August 7, 2017

    Gov. Charlie Baker on Friday morning announced his picks for the Cannabis Advisory Board, the 25-member panel that will examine marijuana regulation, finalizing the first piece of pot bureaucracy.

    State House News Service August 7, 2017
  • O'Sullivan's impact on Worcester goes beyond biotech

    Emily Micucci August 7, 2017

    The chief executive of Worcester incubator Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives is on the verge of realizing his longtime vision for the city.

    Emily Micucci August 7, 2017
  • Baker to approve fees, fines from employers for MassHealth

    State House News Service August 2, 2017

    Gov. Charlie Baker will sign into law $200 million in new fees and fines on Massachusetts employers to help pay for MassHealth without sought-after reforms to the program.

    State House News Service August 2, 2017
  • Golden Pizza to pay $584k in back wages, damages

    Grant Welker July 31, 2017

    Golden Pizza, a chain with locations in Worcester, Shrewsbury and Auburn, has agreed to pay $584,000 in back wages and damages for 73 employees for failing to comply with overtime regulations.

    Grant Welker July 31, 2017

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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.