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Worcester’s City Council voted 8-3 to raise the city’s commercial property tax rate Wednesday night, while lowering the residential property tax rate.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute has named an alumna, the Rev. Debora Jackson, as the new dean of the Robert A. Foisie Business School, the first woman and person of color to do so.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute has moved back the start of its spring semester until late January, citing caution in light of rising coronavirus case numbers.
Massachusetts will move a step backwards in its reopening plan, Gov. Baker announced Tuesday, a move that will lower the maximum size for outdoor gatherings and close some indoor recreational businesses and performance venues.
The average price for gas is up by two cents in Massachusetts averaging to about $2.10 per gallon of regular unleaded.
Warehouses and distribution centers have been popping up throughout Central Massachusetts over the last year. In the last few months, online retail giant Amazon has added several locations throughout the region and appears poised to take over the…
With encouraging signs for COVID-19 vaccination on the horizon, Massachusetts employers were more confident about business conditions last month than they have been since the pandemic upended daily life and the economy in March.
Edward Street Child Services, an early childhood investment and advocacy group which dates back to 1883, has simplified and changed its name to Edward Street, the nonprofit announced on Dec. 1.
The leaders of UMass Memorial Health Care and Saint Vincent Hospital said Tuesday they expect to be able to begin to provide coronavirus vaccines to their healthcare workers next week.
Another sprawling warehouse is on the way in Worcester, though the tenant for this one isn't yet known.
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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