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  • HealthAlliance nurses authorize strike

    Emily Micucci June 25, 2015

    Nurses at HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster on Wednesday voted “overwhelmingly” to authorize a one-day strike, according to a statement from the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA), the union representing the nurses.

  • HealthAlliance nurses hold strike vote

    Emily Micucci June 23, 2015

    Registered nurses at HealthAlliance Hospital have scheduled a one-day strike vote on Wednesday as contract negotiations with the UMass Memorial Health Care-owned hospital have exceeded the one-year mark.

  • Leominster lures Vt. yogurt maker

    June 19, 2015

    A Vermont-based manufacturer of yogurt is relocating to Leominster and plans to add about 12 jobs over the next two years, according to MassDevelopment, the state's finance and development agency.

  • Alternative medicine meets the mainstream

    Emily Micucci June 22, 2015

    Alternative medicine, such as yoga and acupuncture, is catching on, with many consumers using some form of those types of therapies with traditional treatments.

  • N. Central chamber named SBA microlender

    June 19, 2015

    Small businesses in the Fitchburg-Leominster area that need loans that banks won't give them will now be able to approach the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce.

  • Jabil records strong third quarter

    June 18, 2015

    Jabil Circuit Inc., the parent company of Clinton-based Nypro Inc., reported preliminary third-quarter net revenue of $4.4 billion on Wednesday. That is a 15 percent rise from the third quarter of fiscal 2014, when net revenue was $3.8 billion.

  • Insurer group claims Steward ‘misled’ public

    Andy Metzger State House News Service June 16, 2015

    Hours before the Senate dismissed a proposal directing MassHealth to contract with provider groups, the lobby group that represents health insurers submitted alternative language to one of the major proponents of the idea.

  • Precision Optics in partnership to develop medical camera

    June 16, 2015

    OmniVision Technologies is partnering with optical instruments maker Precision Optics Corp. (POC) of Gardner and Tokyo-based Fujikura to develop a tiny camera module for medical applications.

  • Medical Center nurses vote to approve contracts

    Rick Saia June 15, 2015

    More than 2,200 unionized nurses at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester have voted to ratify one-year contracts after negotiations that the union called “relatively smooth.”

  • State sketches out $3B transportation spending plan

    Andy Metzger State House News Service June 10, 2015

    State transportation officials on Tuesday proposed roughly $3 billion in capital projects in fiscal 2016 for highways, smaller airports, the Registry of Motor Vehicles, freight tracks and the MBTA, including the governor's "winter resiliency" plan…

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Should Massachusetts significantly reduce the environmental review time for new housing projects?
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In an effort to increase the pace of new housing development in Massachusetts, Gov. Maura Healey has proposed streamlining the environmental review process for certain new housing projects, with the goal of reducing the time spent on the process from about one year to 30 days. Environmental reviews are a hallmark of community planning, to ensure new development doesn't negatively impact surrounding properties or natural resources, even though the process does add significant time and often cost to projects. Healey's proposal comes after Massachusetts fell behind the national average in new housing production, despite adding 90,000 new units since she became governor in 2023.

New England already averages the longest timeline in the nation to build a single-family home once the developer has been giving the authorization to move forward with construction, according to U.S. Census statistics compiled by the National Association of Home Builders. In 2023, single-family homes in New England averaged 13.9 months from permit to completion. The South Atlantic states have the lowest average of 8.9 months while the region that includes Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana is the second quickest at 9.4 months. The second-longest average after New England is the New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania region, which takes 13.2 months.

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