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    Hydro transmission project to restart Thursday

    Colin A. Young | State House News Service July 31, 2023

    Construction on the revived transmission project expected to tap into Quebec hydroelectric power to benefit Massachusetts will resume next week and the project's price tag -- which Bay State utility customers are on the hook for -- has ballooned to…

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    Tax relief waits as Mass. negotiators file $56B budget accord

    Michael P. Norton | State House News Service July 31, 2023

    Legislative negotiators filed a compromise $56.2 billion annual state budget Sunday night, packing major education, transportation and health care policy measures and spending into an overdue fiscal 2024 accord that is expected to win House and…

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    Community Healthlink receives $200K for homeless shower program

    Isabel Tehan July 31, 2023

    Worcester-based behavioral healthcare provider Community Healthlink has received a $208,000 grant from the City of Worcester for its Shower Program, which is part of CHL’s Homeless Outreach and Advocacy Project.

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    Cannabis Control Commission leader stepping down, amid vacancies and turmoil

    Isabel Tehan July 28, 2023

    The executive director of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, Shawn Collins, will vacate his role by the end of the year, exacerbating problems at the already under-fire state agency based in Worcester.

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    Worcester Community Action Council piloting $500-per-month basic income program for those in need

    Isabel Tehan July 28, 2023

    Worcester Community Action Council is using $250,000 in funding to launch a pilot program providing basic income to 52 participating households.

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    UMass Chan professor elected president of American Society for Cell Biology

    Isabel Tehan July 28, 2023

    A UMass Chan Medical School professor and assistant vice provost for health equity has been elected as president of the American Society for Cell Biology.

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    Legislature passes new temporary budget to keep government running

    Chris Lisinski, Colin Young and Alison Kuznitz | State House News Service July 28, 2023

    Gov. Maura Healey bought top legislative Democrats up to another month to reach a long-overdue budget deal Thursday when she handed them a get-out-of-missed-deadline-free card, but it's not clear if they will actually take full advantage of it.

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    Eng brings MBTA reinforcements in from New York

    Chris Lisinski | State House News Service July 28, 2023

    Facing a long list of needed safety, service and reliability improvements, the MBTA mined additional leadership from the same place it found its current top official: New York.

  • Rent regulation views vary depending on how questions are asked

    Alison Kunitz | State House News Service July 28, 2023

    People who are in favor of rent control would waver in their support of the policy shift depending on how different phrases appear in a potential ballot question, according to a poll released Thursday that focused on a range of issues confronting…

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    UMass Chan student group aiding asylum seekers achieves nonprofit status

    Isabel Tehan July 27, 2023

    A UMass Chan Medical School student group helping asylum seekers in Greater Worcester has become formally affiliated with the Worcester school and has now received nonprofit status, opening it up to more grant funding and participation in research.

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Has your company changed its DEI policies since President Donald Trump took office in January?
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The President Donald Trump Administration’s campaign to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts throughout the federal government and to federally-funded institutions has put many companies and organizations committed to DEI on edge. Many have chosen to navigate Trump-era threats by reorganizing and rewording their DEI initiatives, including changing their wording to eradicate the words “diversity”, “equity”, and “inclusion” in favor of more ambiguous terms such as “fair”, “community”, and “wellbeing”. 

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