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Worcester County coronavirus death toll rises to 870 over the weekend
Riley Garand June 15, 2020Another 38 coronavirus cases were reported over the weekend with 14 new fatalities in Worcester County, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Holy Cross to hold fall classes on campus until Thanksgiving
College of the Holy Cross will hold classes on campus this fall but will finish the semester remotely after Thanksgiving, President Philip Boroughs announced Friday.
GWCF launches $2K racial equity grants
Monica Benevides June 15, 2020The Greater Worcester Community Foundation has launched Action for Racial Equity Grants, a funding program intended to help support nonprofits and other groups who engage in anti-racism work to facilitate their programming.
State setting aside funds to help with dining, retail logistics
State House News Service June 12, 2020In recognition of the fact that many cities and towns might have to change the way some public spaces like sidewalks and parking spaces are used in order to accommodate expanded outdoor dining and socially distance queuing outside of retail stores,…
Former Becker president leaving UMass Dartmouth for undisclosed job
Mass Dartmouth Chancellor Robert Johnson, the first African-American chancellor at that school, will resign effective Sept. 4, following a three-year tenure, and is moving on to a role where he believes he can make greater contributions.
Central Mass. businesses encouraged to take advantage of PPP flexibility
Devina Bhalla June 11, 2020With the federal government now adopting the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 into law, Central Massachusetts businesses are being encouraged to take full advantage of the longer timelines and forgiveness in the program designed…
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Mass. unemployment claims rising again, as total nears 1M since pandemic began
Riley Garand June 11, 2020Unemployment claims filed since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic have increased to 975,799 claims in Massachusetts, according to the U.S Department of Labor data released Thursday.
UMass Memorial loosening policy limiting visitors
UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester is loosening visitor restrictions for non-coronavirus patients at a time when virus patients are becoming far fewer in number.
Clark to hold fall semester in-person but in altered schedule
Clark University plans to hold classes in-person during the coming school year starting with the fall semester but with an altered schedule to include a nearly three-month long winter break.
Report suggests compromise to speed sales tax collections
State House News Service June 11, 2020One of Gov. Charlie Baker's former employers on Wednesday backed half of his proposal to begin collecting sales taxes from certain companies in real-time, or at least on an accelerated basis, but suggested that the Legislature should scale back the…
Today's Poll
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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