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Central Mass. restaurants improved revenues 18% in 4th quarter
Grant Welker January 8, 2021The fourth quarter was a relatively good one for Central Massachusetts restaurants: Revenue was up 18% compared to the previous three months.
Restrictions extended, ICUs afforded staffing flexibility
State House News Service January 8, 2021The post-Christmas business restrictions put in place by Gov. Charlie Baker to prevent a worst-case holiday surge of COVID-19 will be extended at least an additional two weeks as the number of daily new cases of the virus in Massachusetts and the…
WBJ Podcast: Small businesses financing in 2021
Brad Kane January 7, 2021Patrick Smith, the head of small business banking at Santander Bank, joins the Weekly Business Report to advise small businesses on the opportunities and pitfalls for financing in the coming year, especially as companies begin to emerge from the…
Worcester County coronavirus cases again set new weekly record
Grant Welker January 7, 2021New coronavirus cases in Worcester County have again broken a record, and this time deaths are also on the rise, according to new Massachusetts Department of Public Health data.
Boston firm plans $36M housing project at Table Talk site near WooSox stadium
Grant Welker Updated: January 7, 2021In a press conference with city officials Thursday, development firm Boston Capital announced plans for a retail and housing development at the site of departing Table Talk Pies next to the $132-million Polar Park baseball stadium in Worcester's…
UMass Medical School students to aid Worcester vaccination effort
Grant Welker January 7, 2021More than 150 UMass Medical School students are being trained to help quickly administer COVID-19 vaccinations in Worcester.
Baker, QCC and UMass Memorial presidents condemn Trump riot at U.S. Capitol
Monica Benevides January 7, 2021As the nation reels in the wake of a violent and deadly mob breaking into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in response to President Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, leadership in and around the Central Mass. business community condemned the…
UI rate relief stalls out, kicked into new session
State House News Service January 7, 2021Dozens of lawmakers gave their support Tuesday to a bill that would soften the blow of increased unemployment taxes about to hit businesses, but the Legislature must now start the process over after the measure failed to surface for votes in either…
Tax collections up 2.7 percent midway through budget year
State House News Service January 7, 2021State tax collections shot up more than 8 percent in December, as taxpayers and businesses continue across Massachusetts continue to generate more revenue for state government than official forecasts.
National Association of Manufacturers asks Pence to invoke 25th Amendment
Monica Benevides January 7, 2021In the midst of a pro-Trump mob’s riot at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, the National Association of Manufacturers released a statement condemning the attack, and urging Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the Constitution’s 25th Amendment, which…
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A Massachusetts representative is pushing to repeal a colonial-era law that forbids the sale of alcoholic beverages before 10 a.m. on Sundays.
Alcohol can be sold in both stores and restaurants starting at 8 a.m. Mondays through Saturdays, with the Sunday restriction stemming in part from a very old Puritan law meant to uphold morality and religion.
Rep. Adam Scanlon (D-Bristol) filed a bill, A Beautiful Brunch Act, on July 30 that would allow for the sale of alcohol starting at 8 a.m. on Sundays. About a month later, on Aug. 25, the House referred the bill to the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
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