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Opinion
Editorial CartoonA Thousand Words: Falling business confidence
Updated: March 24, 2025In February, the Massachusetts Business Confidence Index fell 5.2 points, representing the largest over-the-month drop since the COVID pandemic. The Associated Industries of Massachusetts said the state's sudden confidence decline is due to
Updated: March 24, 2025
OpinionViewpoint: Don't let big cannabis crush small business
Updated: March 24, 2025Three members of the Massachusetts Cannabis Equity Council argue the state should keep current limits on the amount of cannabis business licenses one person or entity can possess.
Updated: March 24, 2025
OpinionViewpoint: A love letter to my small business friends
Updated: March 10, 2025To our city leadership: We plead with you to support these spaces and the humans behind them.
Updated: March 10, 2025
Editorial CartoonA Thousand Words: GOP healthcare cuts
Updated: March 10, 2025Republicans in Congress, along with the Trump Administration, have suggested $880 billion in cuts over the next 10 years to the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees Medicaid. Medicaid provides more than 70 million with
Updated: March 10, 2025
OpinionGuest column: Reawaken your courage
Updated: March 10, 2025Worcester, we must reawaken the traits of good leaders born during COVID. Employees and clients are feeling betrayed by organizations taking back commitments. Reawaken your courage, curiosity, commitment, conscientiousness, and empathy.
Updated: March 10, 2025-
OpinionViewpoint: Work together to shape AI
Updated: February 24, 2025Opportunities for AI in social good extend beyond health. Human-centered AI design utilizes deep learning to foster fair workplaces, enabling supervisors to address employee mistreatment while empowering workers to advocate for better wages and
Updated: February 24, 2025
Editorial CartoonA Thousand Words: Center for Women & Enterprise lays off director
Updated: February 24, 2025In early February, Racquel Knight, director of Worcester-based Center for Women & Enterprise Central MA, was laid off along with the four other directors of New England's CWEs. Gaby King Morse, CEO and president of CWE, cited the President
Updated: February 24, 2025
OpinionViewpoint: Put higher ed in prisons
Updated: February 10, 2025People often refer to support for justice-impacted individuals as a second chance at opportunity and employment. Such chances are critical to expanding work experience, skill development, and economic mobility.
Updated: February 10, 2025
Editorial CartoonA Thousand Words: Cannabis commission suspends whistleblower
Updated: February 10, 2025On Jan. 6, the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission placed Business Operations Manager Meghan Dube on paid administrative leave. Dube had spoken to WBJ regarding systematic issues within the agency, with her thoughts featured in WBJ's
Updated: February 10, 2025
Editorial CartoonA Thousand Words: Coney Island's iconic upgrade
Updated: January 27, 2025Worcester hot dog restaurant George’s Coney Island announced it has embarked on a months-long endeavor to renovate to its iconic 85-year-old neon sign.
Updated: January 27, 2025
OpinionViewpoint: Two types of philanthropy
Updated: January 27, 2025A cryptic e-mail arrived in my inbox in early November of 2020: “I support the efforts of a philanthropist who is interested in contributing to the United Way of Central Massachusetts. I was hoping to schedule a quick follow-up call to discuss next
Updated: January 27, 2025
OpinionViewpoint: Working without a contract? Nonprofits face impossible choices
Updated: January 13, 2025Public funding delays, caused by legislative processes and bureaucratic inefficiencies, force organizations to operate without signed agreements, jeopardizing their ability to meet the needs of those they serve.
Updated: January 13, 2025
Editorial CartoonA Thousand Words: New healthcare oversight law
Updated: January 13, 2025Gov. Maura Healey signed an expanded hospital oversight bill on Jan. 8 in the wake of the closure of two Steward Health Care-owned hospitals, including Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer. Community and healthcare leaders pressured the governor to
Updated: January 13, 2025
OpinionViewpoint: Worcester’s 2025 economic outlook: Brighter road ahead
Updated: December 23, 2024Worcester, New England’s second largest and fastest-growing major city, continues to benefit from a surge in both public and private investments. This growth is positively impacting residents and businesses across the city’s diverse community.
Updated: December 23, 2024
OpinionViewpoint: Key factors will fuel 2025 economic growth
Updated: December 23, 2024Central Mass. is well positioned for economic growth in 2025. Macroeconomic factors, namely declining interest rates and a reduction in the growth rate of inflation, suggest the national economy will trend upward in 2025.
Updated: December 23, 2024
OpinionViewpoint: Small businesses need better tax amnesty
Updated: December 9, 2024Massachusetts is in the midst of a tax amnesty running from Nov. 1 to Dec. 30. Tax amnesties don’t come around often and don’t last long.
Updated: December 9, 2024
