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    COVID Stories: As it overcomes pandemic’s struggles, Livia’s Dish celebrates 8-year anniversary

    Riley Garand August 4, 2020

    Livia's Dish’s anniversary celebration comes after the owners experienced many of the same hardships other restaurants faced due to the pandemic. When the coronavirus hit Worcester, they prepared for the worst. 

  • Marijuana regulators asked to revisit recreational delivery, telehealth

    State House News Service August 3, 2020

    The legal market is still taking shape nearly four years since voters legalized marijuana in Massachusetts, and rules around home delivery of cannabis and access options for medical patients were at the center of the latest round of push-and-pull on…

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    State moves to shut down Worcester nursing home

    August 3, 2020

    Massachusetts health officials are moving toward a potential closure of a Worcester nursing home that allegedly failed to meet requirements of care during the coronavirus pandemic and has a reported record of poor performance.

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    WBJ Podcast: Executive to Executive: Jack Roche & Dr. Eric Dickson

    Brad Kane August 3, 2020

    In this episode of the podcast The Weekly Business Report, the CEO of Hanover Insurance Group and the CEO of UMass Memorial Health Care interview each other for a new recurring WBJ feature called Executive to Executive.

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    Judge plans eviction moratorium ruling as soon as he can

    State House News Service July 31, 2020

    Landlords who are unable to remove non-paying tenants due to a statewide moratorium on evictions and foreclosures face "potentially devastating" economic harm, an attorney argued in Suffolk Superior Court Thursday.

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    State would license midwives under advancing legislation

    State House News Service July 31, 2020

    The state Senate on Thursday signed off on the creation of a licensing system for midwives in Massachusetts, a measure supporters say will make home births more accessible and reduce racial dispari

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    Coronavirus cases rose in the last week in Central Mass., statewide

    Riley Garand July 31, 2020

    The city of Worcester, Worcester County and the state as a whole are seeing a rise again in coronavirus cases at a time when Massachusetts has been so far able to reopen many shops and restaurants without seeing the high case numbers reported…

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    Baker considering rolling back economic reopening

    State House News Service July 31, 2020

    With upticks in positive COVID-19 testing rates linked to larger social events, Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday that his administration is reviewing the state's guidance on gathering sizes, but blamed the behavior of people choosing to party…

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    Senate passes higher ed bill to aid students with disabilities

    July 30, 2020

    Young adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities would gain new opportunities to participate in public college programs under a bill the Senate approved Tuesday, a step that supporters say will boost inclusion and will help participants…

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    House unanimously passes healthcare reform bill

    State House News Service July 30, 2020

    House lawmakers on Wednesday unanimously voted to take another pass at infusing additional cash into financially strapped community hospitals, a key feature of a health care bill that collapsed two years ago when House and Senate Democrats could not…

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Will the new lottery-based admissions systems for vocational-technical high schools make the economy better?
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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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