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Editorial
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Editorial: Keep the Central Mass. clean energy momentum moving forward
Updated: May 5, 2025While large solar installations have become more common, the need for clean energy projects like these feels more important than ever, along with homegrown companies and technology to support them.
Updated: May 5, 2025 
From the EditorFrom the Editor: Covering tariffs' impact on Central Mass.
Updated: May 5, 2025This year, the giant paradigm-shifting global event is President Donald Trump’s trade war with practically every country in the world. This, of course, is having very tangible impacts in Central Massachusetts.
Updated: May 5, 2025-
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From the Editor: People are scared
Updated: April 21, 2025It’s not just colleges who are scared. Trump’s plans to upend the global economy through tariffs has led to economic uncertainty.
Updated: April 21, 2025 - Editorial
Editorial: International students are the cash customers
Updated: April 21, 2025Nearly every industry relies on a core customer base to help subsidize all the other customers. For higher education, international students are those core customers.
Updated: April 21, 2025 
From the EditorFrom the Editor: Doesn’t curling sound like fun?
Updated: April 7, 2025Even though I grew up near a curling facility and Central Massachusetts is home to a handful of curling clubs, I never actually tried the sport.
Updated: April 7, 2025-
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Editorial: Supporting our innovators
Updated: April 7, 2025Last year, 2,904 new businesses incorporated in Central Massachusetts, according to the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Updated: April 7, 2025 - Editorial
Editorial: DEI policies can help businesses succeed
Updated: March 24, 2025DEI policies are about maximizing companies’ opportunities for revenue and profits, better serving their customer bases, and building stronger workforces.
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From the Editor: DEI can be good for everybody
Updated: March 24, 2025Even if sometimes flawed in practice, the principle of DEI is good and would create a stronger Central Mass. economy, as it is meant to overcome barriers to provide opportunities for everyone to best use their natural talents and skills.
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From the Editor: Speaking the language of business
Updated: March 10, 2025Banking tends not to be the most exciting industry in the world, but its influence is everywhere. From small startups to trillion-dollar public companies, access to capital and the banking system can literally make or break hopes and dreams.
Updated: March 10, 2025 - Editorial
Editorial: Who will be our next EMC?
Updated: March 10, 2025Even though Dell EMC still has a substantial presence in the region, particularly in Hopkinton, the company is a far cry from when EMC was being run by its founders and was a more engaged partner in the community.
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Opinion
From the Editor: Redemption Rock and Maker to Main were beautiful for what they were
Updated: February 24, 2025A thing isn't beautiful because it lasts.
Updated: February 24, 2025 - Editorial
Editorial: The new normal? We hope not.
Updated: February 24, 2025When President Donald Trump won the plurality of the popular votes cast in the November election, he took that as a mandate from the nation to pursue his promises of overhauling the federal government and cutting overhead, a process sure to upend
Updated: February 24, 2025 - Editorial
Editorial: Time to tackle unemployment reform
Updated: February 10, 2025While the deal gives Massachusetts some clarity, this is only a first step state leaders must take over the next year or so to apply a more permanent fix to the ailing state unemployment insurance system.
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From the Editor: Why we highlight women's progress
Updated: February 10, 2025In an ideal world, publications like WBJ’s annual Women in Leadership edition wouldn’t be necessary. In an ideal world, all people everywhere would be recognized for their natural talents and learned skills and given equal opportunities to help
Updated: February 10, 2025 - Editorial
Editorial: The strong business community of North Central Mass.
Updated: January 27, 2025The Central Massachusetts economy is full of dynamic industries led by hard-working, innovative leaders who understand the importance of both business and community.
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From the Editor: Education is key to everything
Updated: January 27, 2025Higher education has had a bit of a rough time this decade. Largely the result of a demographic dip in the number of high school graduates – but also because of concerns over costs and politics – nationwide undergraduate enrollment is down about 7%
Updated: January 27, 2025
