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Editorial: Lower the Mass. cannabis tax rates
Updated: January 23, 2023Back in 2016, the ballot initiative passed by voters called for a 12% tax on marijuana retail sales, which included a 3.75% state excise tax, the 6.25% state sales tax, and a 2% local excise tax. Let's aim toward that formula, as a starting point.
Updated: January 23, 2023 - Editorial
Editorial: Best nonprofit leader: David Jordan
Updated: January 9, 2023For the last 10 years, WBJ readers have voted for the best companies, venues, people, and services in Central Massachusetts, for our annual Best of Business awards.
Updated: January 9, 2023 - editorial
Editorial: Use measured progress to fix the rental crisis
Updated: December 12, 2022Solutions like government money do help address these issues, but the real struggle is the effort to win over hearts and minds of businesspeople.
Updated: December 12, 2022 - Editorial
Editorial: More Worcester developments becoming reality
Updated: November 28, 2022Increased values make renting or purchasing a commercial building more expensive, and rising housing costs make purchasing or renting less affordable, driving some long-time community residents and businesses out of the city.
Updated: November 28, 2022 - editorial
Editorial: WPI & the benefits of diversity
Updated: November 14, 2022The next generation of leaders in Central Mass. higher education is taking shape, and the region appears strongly positioned with great talent.
Updated: November 14, 2022 - editorial
Editorial: Starting lean
Updated: October 17, 2022A restaurant only open for two days a week hardly seems like a model for the future of the hospitality industry, but maybe its owners realize something the rest of the world is just catching onto: Pre-pandemic life will never fully return, and it’s
Updated: October 17, 2022 - editorial
Editorial: Pass the SAFE Banking Act
Updated: October 3, 2022The lack of having clear federal guidance has led Massachusetts banks into murky waters, where they can provide some services to marijuana businesses, but it still puts their Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. standing at risk.
Updated: October 3, 2022 
From the EditorFrom the editor: Going back on the road
Updated: October 3, 2022At WBJ, we strive to be the go-to source for business news throughout all of Central Massachusetts. That geography extends as far east as Natick, west to Harwick, north to the New Hampshire border, and south to the Connecticut and Rhode Island
Updated: October 3, 2022- editorial
Editorial: Keep your workers happy
Updated: September 19, 2022The workforce development system has been shifting to supply more trained employees to meet demand, but this effort takes time.
Updated: September 19, 2022 - editorial
Editorial: Give diversity & inclusion efforts the opportunity to succeed
Updated: September 5, 2022In the two years since countless Central Massachusetts businesses pledged to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion at their organizations, it is increasingly apparent which ones have truly committed to the effort vs. those who were just putting
Updated: September 5, 2022 - editorial
Editorial: Worcester needs space for artists
Updated: August 22, 2022Let’s not lose sight of the special sauce delivered by the creative community that makes Worcester such an attractive place to live and work.
Updated: August 22, 2022 - Editorial
Editorial: 300 years young
Updated: June 27, 2022While most of us make a big deal out of our kids’ birthdays, many adults would just as soon look past the opportunity to register their annual odometer reading. However, when you hit a really big number, like 300 years, it’s worth a pause and a
Updated: June 27, 2022 - Editorial
Editorial: The benefits of marijuana
Updated: June 13, 2022In 2018, before the first adult-use cannabis dispensaries had even opened, 46 Central Massachusetts cities and towns had either moratoriums or all-out bans against any marijuana businesses opening in their communities. Today, that number sits at 15.
Updated: June 13, 2022 - Editorial
Editorial: Set the stage for another 300 years
Updated: May 30, 2022As the exact date of the 300th anniversary of Worcester’s founding ticks closer to June 14 and all the tercentennial celebrations ensue, the focus should then shift away from the past and toward the future.
Updated: May 30, 2022 - Editorial
Editorial: This problem impacts everybody
Updated: May 16, 2022Inflation has had uneven impacts across the country and in different sectors of the economy.
Updated: May 16, 2022 - Editorial
Editorial: Time to re-embrace the immigrant workforce
Updated: April 18, 2022The one reliable source of working-age adults has essentially been shut off for the past five years: immigration.
Updated: April 18, 2022
