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Mass. halts economic reopening indefinitely, lowers gathering size from 100 to 50
Monica Benevides August 7, 2020The second part of the Phase Three of the Massachusetts economic reopening plan has been suspended indefinitely, Gov. Charlie Baker announced on Friday, along with a slew of other changes intended to stop the spread of COVID-19, as cases and related…
EcoTarium to lay off 65% of staff on Sept. 4
Brad Kane August 7, 2020Worcester science museum EcoTarium announced Friday it will lose 24 staff positions when it closes for the fall and winter on Sept. 4, as it struggles with reduced revenue in the coronavirus pandemic.
JPMorgan adding Worcester focus to growing New England portfolio
Grant Welker August 7, 2020The investment banking giant JPMorgan Chase has opened New England offices in the past five years in Hartford, Providence, Manchester, N.H., and Portland, Maine. It doesn't have a physical Worcester office yet, but the firm has a local team working…
Economic pain continued in May for Central Mass. hospitals
Grant Welker August 7, 2020May was a month when Massachusetts largely got coronavirus under control and hospitals began looking ahead to resuming somewhat normal operations. But it wasn't a return to normalcy with hospitals' financials.
After slow July, coronavirus cases & deaths in Worcester County rising
Riley Garand August 7, 2020Worcester County reported 972 new confirmed and probable coronavirus cases and 70 fatalities in July. That pales in comparison to April and May, but cases are now creeping back up.
Kelleher & Sadowsky expands east with two new hires from JLL Boston
Worcester commercial real estate firm Kelleher & Sadowsky is continuing its eastern expansion with the hiring of two former employees of real estate firm JLL Boston.
Survey: 315,000 not confident about making August rent
State House News Service August 6, 2020Pressure has been widespread for months since the pandemic hit in March. Workers have lost jobs at a record pace, and while the federal government offered an additional $600 per week in unemployment aid to help mitigate the disruption, that expanded…
Downtown Worcester seeks art for vacant storefronts
Grant Welker August 6, 2020In normal times, a nascent business improvement district might look to hold street performances, neighborhood events or sidewalk shopping or dining. The Downtown Worcester Business Improvement District has the unfortunate timing of ramping up…
Worcester Railers 2020-21 season to begin in December
Monica Benevides August 6, 2020The Worcester Railers will begin its full 2020-21 season of minor league hockey in December, its league announced on Wednesday.
Despite high unemployment, Mass. private health insured levels steady
Grant Welker August 5, 2020The coronavirus pandemic has led to the highest unemployment rate on record in Massachusetts, but so far that hasn't led to a major drop in people receiving private health insurance coverage.
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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.
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