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Baker: no reason to delay menthol, flavored tobacco crackdown
Restrictions on the sale of flavored tobacco products, including mint and menthol cigarettes, are set to take effect next week and Gov. Charlie Baker said he sees no reason the ongoing coronavirus pandemic should delay that.
SJC clears beer-and-wine question for ballot
State House News Service May 27, 2020The state's highest court ruled Tuesday that Attorney General Maura Healey was correct to certify a proposed ballot question allowing more stores to sell beer and wine, clearing the way for the issue to go before voters in November.
Worcester County sees lows in new coronavirus cases Tuesday, as death toll hits 700
Riley Garand May 26, 2020Worcester County on Tuesday had the lowest increase in new coronavirus cases since the end of March with 57 new cases, while Massachusetts also saw significantly low increases, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Pandemic accelerates shift toward work-from-home
State House News Service May 26, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic injected a bolt of momentum into a work-from-home trend that was already underway and will likely become permanent or more frequent for many workers, a societal change with impacts on everything from traffic and public…
Central Mass. healthcare centers have received $139M in bailout funds
Grant Welker May 26, 2020Hospitals and other healthcare centers in Central Massachusetts have received nearly $139 million in coronavirus-related funding to help during what some health leaders have said is a budgetary crisis as well as a health one.
Q&A: Cultivate turns recreational cannabis sales back on
Leicester’s Cultivate was the first recreational pot shop to open in Worcester County, and among those to reopen their doors to adult-use customers on Monday.
Greater Worcester unemployment hits 14.4%
Grant Welker May 26, 2020The Worcester area labor force shrunk by one-tenth in April as the coronavirus pandemic and related business closures forced the area's unemployment rate to 14.4%, according to government data released Tuesday.
Tower Hill to reopen June 8
Monica Benevides May 26, 2020Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston will reopen its outdoor gardens on June 8, CEO Grace Elton announced on Friday.
After Memorial Day weekend, Worcester County now has 692 coronavirus deaths, 10,505 cases
Grant Welker May 26, 2020For some, Memorial Day weekend was a time to venture outside or gather with some normalcy after months of trying to contain the coronavirus pandemic. For Worcester County though, new coronavirus numbers showed stubbornly high rates, particularly for…
WBJ Podcast: John C. Roche of the Power 50 operates globally and gives back locally
Brad Kane May 25, 2020John C. "Jack" Roche has been named to the WBJ Power 50, an annual listing of the most influential people in the Central Mass. economy. He joins the WBJ Podcast to discuss operating globally while focusing locally.
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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