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Marijuana regulators levy $800K in fines against three Central Mass. companies
Monica Benevides July 10, 2020The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission agreed to levy $800,000 in fines against three cannabis companies at their regular meeting on Thursday.
Federal data: PPP retained 148,000 Central Mass. jobs
Grant Welker July 10, 2020The federal $669-billion Paycheck Protection Program helped Central Massachusetts companies retain what they estimate is roughly 148,000 jobs, according to a Worcester Business Journal review of U.S. Small Business Administration data.
Baker: Tech industry capital has made big difference
State House News Service July 10, 2020Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday urged members of the high-tech field to continue using their resources to combat COVID-19.
COVID Stories: Worcester events company adjusts to smaller gatherings
Devina Bhalla July 9, 2020"We’re losing money left and right,” said Christine Behike, owner of Be Creative Decor in Worcester.
Central Mass. hospitals ran $95M in the red as pandemic was starting
Grant Welker Updated: July 9, 2020Hospitals across Massachusetts showed significant financial losses in the first quarter of the year, capturing a time mostly before the coronavirus pandemic hit in full force, according to new state data released Thursday.
Ongoing investigation has so far found 58,000 fraudulent unemployment claims
State House News Service July 9, 2020Investigators have so far detected more than 58,000 fraudulent unemployment claims in Massachusetts amid an alleged national criminal scheme, but state officials still have not disclosed how much money paid out in error.
UMass Medical School announces ALS breakthrough
Grant Welker Updated: July 8, 2020Researchers at UMass Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital have announced a major breakthrough in ALS research: a therapy that suppresses a harmful gene that causes the nervous system disease.
More than 2,300 pandemic loans given to Worcester businesses
Grant Welker July 8, 2020Recipients skewed small, a reflection of both the predominance of small businesses and the aim of the Paycheck Protection Program, which generally leaves out public companies and all those with more than 500 employees.
UMass Memorial piloting coronavirus saliva testing
UMass Memorial Medical Center has begun a pilot testing program using saliva to test for the coronavirus, offering a new method in addition to the more common nasal swab.
UMass, Framingham State, QCC presidents condemn ICE order as Harvard, MIT sue
Monica Benevides July 8, 2020Several area college presidents, including Marty Meehan of UMass, Javier Cevallos of Framingham State and Luis Pedraja of Quinsigamond Community College fiercely condemned this week a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy that would require…
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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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