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  • Mass. gaming commission tackling fantasy sports betting

    State House News Service December 18, 2015

    When lawmakers return to Beacon Hill in January, another voice will have weighed in on the question of how to handle online fantasy sports betting sites like DraftKings and FanDuel.

    State House News Service December 18, 2015
  • MassDEP fines Leominster company $14K

    Laura Finaldi December 17, 2015

    The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection is demanding a Leominster asbestos removal contractor pay a previously suspended $14,312.50 penalty after it found the company violated state asbestos regulations twice in one year.

    Laura Finaldi December 17, 2015
  • Fed tax bill measures could benefit Mass. jobs

    State House News Service December 17, 2015

    Small business and medical device industry officials say a pair of provisions in the just-struck Congressional deals on tax credits and spending bode well for job production in Massachusetts.

    State House News Service December 17, 2015
  • Chamber: Tax rate hurts business recruiting

    Sam Bonacci December 10, 2015

    Following a disappointing vote that halted five years of moving towards a single tax rate, Tim Murray said the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce will continue to encourage businesses to locate in the city, but the job will be tougher.

    Sam Bonacci December 10, 2015
  • Framingham beer firm partners with whiskey maker

    Sam Bonacci December 10, 2015

    Framingham brewery Jack’s Abby is among a handful of craft brewers that have partnered with Berkshire Mountain Distillers to have its beer transformed into whiskey.

    Sam Bonacci December 10, 2015
  • Former GlaxoSmithKline CEO joins Framingham biopharma board

    Emily Micucci December 10, 2015

    Jean-Pierre Garnier has been appointed chairman of the board of Alzheon Inc., a Framingham-based private biopharmaceutical startup focused on developing treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.

    Emily Micucci December 10, 2015
  • Worcester biopharma closes Series A round

    December 9, 2015

    Worcester-based biopharmaceutical startup Nemucore Medical Innovations said it has closed its Series A financing round to fund the advance of its clinical-stage ovarian cancer therapy, among other activities.

    December 9, 2015
  • Wyman-Gordon faces $145K in OSHA fines

    Sam Bonacci December 8, 2015

    Wyman-Gordan has been cited for three repeat and 10 serious violations of workplace safety standards at the aerospace parts manufacturer's North Grafton plant, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

    Sam Bonacci December 8, 2015
  • Movers & Shakers

    December 7, 2015

    MARIE ANGELINI, LISA M. CARROLL, LINDA S. LARRIVEE, CAROLYN J. STEMPER and THOMAS J. SULLIVAN will serve on the board of Hanover Theatre in Worcester, and MARY C.

    December 7, 2015
  • Framingham, Worcester among best places to live for beer connoisseurs

    Sam Bonacci December 7, 2015

    Framingham and Worcester have made the list of 99 cities linked to 99 beers, with Jack's Abby Brewery in Framingham and Worcester's Wormtown Brewery being listed as reasons why these communities are a great place to call home.

    Sam Bonacci December 7, 2015
  • Arthur Vigeant & Susanne Morreale Leeber

    Emily Micucci December 7, 2015

    Fostering a business-friendly atmosphere takes a village, but leading the charge in Marlborough are two key players: Mayor Arthur Vigeant and Susanne Morreale Leeber, president and CEO of the Marlborough Regional Chamber of Commerce.

    Emily Micucci December 7, 2015
  • Venkat Kolluri

    Emily Micucci December 7, 2015

    Venkat Kolluri, CEO of Chitika Inc., has made an art of creating an inviting workplace to employees of his Internet advertising firm in Westborough.

    Emily Micucci December 7, 2015
  • Amy Chase brings fresh perspective to Worcester business

    Sam Bonacci December 7, 2015

    Amy Lynn Chase is an entrepreneur, who has helped build up the Canal District as she builds her own businesses, but this relative newcomer is increasingly being leaned upon by the established Worcester business community for both her social media

    Sam Bonacci December 7, 2015
  • Mazzarella pushes can-do attitude in Leominster

    Brad Kane December 7, 2015

    In November, Dean J. Mazzarella was elected to his 12th two-year term as Leominster mayor, extending his lead as longest serving mayor in the city's 375-year history. This January, when Medford Mayor Michael J. McGlynn retires, Mazzarella officially

    Brad Kane December 7, 2015
  • Brian W. Thompson

    Brad Kane December 7, 2015

    Brian W. Thompson heads the leading small business lender in Central Massachusetts and the biggest Worcester-headquartered bank -- with $1.7 billion in deposits -- but it is his community connections that make him so intertwined with the business

    Brad Kane December 7, 2015
  • Barbara Finer & Kevin O'Sullivan

    Emily Micucci December 7, 2015

    Inside Route 128, incubators for early-stage companies are numerous, but in MetroWest and Greater Worcester, the options are far more limited. But two local nonprofit leaders, Kevin O'Sullivan, president and CEO of Massachusetts Biomedical

    Emily Micucci December 7, 2015

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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.