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  • Workers' comp researchers examine long COVID

    Sam Drysdale | State House News Service August 22, 2023

    Six percent of workers who filed workers' compensation claims for catching COVID-19 between March 2020 and September 2021 have also received care for Long COVID, according to a new report.

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    Loan repayments fortify some in Mass. health care

    Chris Lisinsky | State House News Service August 22, 2023

    In a move that one Massachusetts social worker described as an "answered prayer," the state will repay more than $140 million in student loans for almost 3,000 health care providers who serve communities in need.

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    Feds delivering $1.9M for migrant housing

    Alison Kuznitz | State House News Service August 21, 2023

    Nearly $2 million in federal dollars will flow into Massachusetts and Boston city coffers to tackle the migrant housing crisis, with the money arriving just over a week after Gov. Maura Healey declared a state of emergency due to strained shelter…

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    Former WHA executive director Ruth Carlson dies

    Timothy Doyle August 21, 2023

    Ruth Carlson, who served for 22 years at the Worcester Housing Authority, including five years as executive director, passed away on Wednesday.

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    Worcester offers properties off Shrewsbury Street for redevelopment

    Timothy Doyle August 21, 2023

    The City of Worcester is seeking a developer to acquire and redevelop three city-owned lots being used by its Department of Public Works & Parks.

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    State adjusts approach to new housing in MBTA communities

    Colin A. Young | State House News Service August 18, 2023

    The state on Thursday gave more flexibility to cities and towns required to have at least one zone in which denser, multi-family housing is permitted, but also expanded the list of state grant opportunities that can be denied to any town that does…

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    Report: Mass. near bottom of pack for housing production

    Colin A. Young | State House News Service August 18, 2023

    Massachusetts lags behind 40 other states when it comes to increasing its housing stock, a new report said this week, and the pace of new construction last year was just barely ahead of where it was in the depths of the pandemic in 2020.

  • Record Mass. jobless rate sinks even lower

    Michael P. Norton | State House News Service August 18, 2023

    The Massachusetts unemployment rate dipped even lower in July after establishing a record low point in June.

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    Hanover Insurance promotes veteran executive to division president

    Timothy Doyle August 18, 2023

    The Hanover Insurance Group in Worcester promoted Charles Hamann to the role of president of small commercial.

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    Three Central Mass. multifamily complexes sold in massive $360M affordable housing deal

    Timothy Doyle August 18, 2023

    Utah real estate giant The Bridge Investment Group has acquired six Massachusetts multifamily developments, including two in Marlborough and one in Shrewsbury from Virginia-based Harbor Group International, totaling 1,722 units.

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Has your company created pathways for women, people of color and other minorities to advance to more senior positions?
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While shifting cultural norms in the business community have found hiring managers outwardly working toward hiring a more diverse staff, studies in the last few years by organizations like McKinsey & Co. and Regent University found women and people of color are promoted less frequently than their white male counterparts. This produces a dynamic where company leadership at many organizations remains dominated by white males even as the company's employees become more diversified.

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