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Small Business

  • Tariff system in works as tensions build over solar subsidies

    State House News Service November 1, 2016

    Major decisions loom over the short-term and long-term strategy for solar growth in Massachusetts, promising to reignite a contentious debate over the future of solar incentives.

    State House News Service November 1, 2016
  • Mass. launches small biz. electricity shopping website

    Sam Bonacci November 1, 2016

    The state has launched Energy Switch Massachusetts, an interactive online tool designed to help small businesses and residential customers to purchase electricity from the competitive market.

    Sam Bonacci November 1, 2016
  • Online gaming commission to start deliberations

    State House News Service October 28, 2016

    Legal and gaming experts are set to join a group of lawmakers for the first time Monday to begin a study of online gaming and fantasy sports gaming, a process that could lead to legislation next session.

    State House News Service October 28, 2016
  • Higher marijuana tax possible

    State House News Service October 25, 2016

    It's rare that the Democratic leaders of the House and Senate and Gov. Charlie Baker can agree on tax policy - particularly if the question is about raising taxes.

    State House News Service October 25, 2016
  • Swissturn moving toward 100% employee ownership

    October 25, 2016

    As he approached retirement age, Ken Mandile started to think more about the future of his company, Swissturn/USA, and who would take over once he leaves. After exploring a variety of options, he decided employee ownership would be the best route.

    October 25, 2016
  • Michelle Drolet: Building walls and breaking barriers

    Susan Shalhoub October 24, 2016

    Michelle Drolet is an innovative thinker who puts those talents to work as the CEO of Towerwall in Framingham.

    Susan Shalhoub October 24, 2016
  • Westborough developer fined $7,000

    Sam Bonacci October 21, 2016

    The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has assessed a $7,000 penalty to a Westborough developer for violations at a site in Southborough.

    Sam Bonacci October 21, 2016
  • DeLeo: Short-term rentals 'can't operate in a vacuum'

    State House News Service October 12, 2016

    House Speaker Robert DeLeo said Tuesday that whether to regulate short-term private room rental businesses, like Airbnb, will be the "next test" of the Legislature.

    State House News Service October 12, 2016
  • Commission weighs interventions to narrow health care price differentials

    State House News Service October 12, 2016

    A special commission studying health care pricing in Massachusetts discussed the roles employers and health plans should play in terms of narrowing the gap on cost of care.

    State House News Service October 12, 2016
  • Staples seeks to broaden its appeal to small businesses

    October 10, 2016

    Framingham office supply retailer Staples has locked down a deal with Boston coworking space firm Workbar to put the flexible office spaces inside of Staples stores.

    October 10, 2016
  • Webster Five names new business lending officer

    Sam Bonacci October 7, 2016

    Webster Five Cents Savings Bank officials have promoted Robert Totaro to the position of business lending officer.

    Sam Bonacci October 7, 2016
  • $30K in fines for Worcester cleanup violations

    Sam Bonacci October 6, 2016

    Two Worcester companies have been accessed a $30,000 penalty for violating state oil and hazardous materials cleanup regulations at their properties in the Greendale neighborhood of Worcester.

    Sam Bonacci October 6, 2016
  • Framingham firm edges into small business loan space

    October 6, 2016

    Newly launched Framingham-based Plousio has edged into the small business lending space with an online marketplace that connects business owners with over 70 direct lenders.

    October 6, 2016
  • MassDevelopment funds $7.7M Tree House brewery expansion

    Sam Bonacci September 29, 2016

    MassDevelopment has issued a $7,740,000 tax-exempt bond that will help build and equip a 53,000-square-foot 60 beer barrel brew house in Charlton -- the future second site for Monson-based Tree House Brewing Company.

    Sam Bonacci September 29, 2016
  • Making space for Worcester's makerspaces

    Sam Bonacci September 26, 2016

    Spaces that give tinkerers, students and entrepreneurs access to a new field of technology are asserting themselves throughout Central Mass.

    Sam Bonacci September 26, 2016
  • Family biz celebrates 40M cars washed, 50 years in business

    Sam Bonacci September 20, 2016

    The family-owned ScrubaDub car wash company with 18 sites throughout New England is celebrating 50 years and over 40 million cars washed.

    Sam Bonacci September 20, 2016

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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.