Worcester Business Journal

Worcester Business Journal is a media company dedicated to delivering business news, insights, and analysis specifically for the business leaders and decision-makers in Central Massachusetts. We offer a range of media formats to provide the local business community with essential news and information. Through our website at wbjournal.com, e-newsletters, events, and our acclaimed main publication, we keep our audience informed. Our content is smart, engaging, and often has a playful edge, making Worcester Business Journal a go-to source for understanding the dynamics of the Central Massachusetts business environment.

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Coalition weighs launching ballot initiative campaigns to reform state legislature

1 week ago | wbjournal.com | Sam Drysdale

Looking to keep pressure on what they deem an untransparent and ineffective Legislature, a coalition of unlikely allies is considering whether to bring two "good governance" measures straight to voters via the ballot. The coalition of former lawmakers, activists, and civic groups gathered Tuesday at Church on the Hill, across from the State House, for a “people’s hearing” to spotlight reform bills they say state legislators have ignored.
Governors, Canadian officials meet to discuss trade and tourism

1 week ago | wbjournal.com | Sam Drysdale

With trade war threats looming, governors from the Northeast and eastern Canadian premiers gathered Monday at the Massachusetts State House to shore up relations, asserting their economies and populations are inextricably linked. Despite messages of friendship and cooperation at the meeting, the political leaders pointed to disruptions in mutually beneficial supply lines, tourism, the energy grid, and overall relations between the U.S. and Canada.
A $250M gap in the safety net: Central Mass. hospitals fight for their financial lives as state's Health Safety Net reaches historic deficit

1 week ago | wbjournal.com | Mica Kanner-Mascolo

When an under or uninsured Massachusetts resident requires certain medical treatments, such as many in radiology, psychiatry, or rehabilitation, the cost of their care often falls to the state’s Health Safety Net. The fund serves to reimburse community health centers and acute care hospitals for specific essential services for those under and uninsured, including for those whose services aren’t covered by Medicaid. But what happens when that funding falls short?
Jay Leno helps Westborough nonprofit break fundraising record

1 week ago | wbjournal.com | Mica Kanner-Mascolo

Westborough-based nonprofit DetecTogether has raised an unprecedented amount of funding for its early cancer detection advocacy through the organization’s Sweet 16 Gala & Auction, headlined by comedian and TV host Jay Leno. The gala, held on May 31, combined with the DetecTogether’s golf tournament on June 2, raised a total of $1.4 million in support of the nonprofit's expansion of education and training programs to inform the public on how to recognize early cancer warning signs.
Point32Health selects former Blue Cross Blue Shield executive, Holy Cross grad as CEO

1 week ago | wbjournal.com | Mica Kanner-Mascolo

Health insurer Point32Health has named Patrick Gilligan as the Canton-based nonprofit’s new CEO, effective this past Monday.
Insulet, EyePoint & NanoDx receive $2M in tax incentives to create life sciences jobs

1 week ago | wbjournal.com | Mica Kanner-Mascolo

Three Central Massachusetts companies have split more than $2 million in tax incentives as part of a broader state initiative to create new life sciences industry jobs across the commonwealth. Insulet received the bulk of the region’s funding, as the Acton-based medical device manufacturer was awarded $1.52 million to create 83 positions through funding provided by the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center’s Tax Incentive Program, an initiative of the Mass Leads Act.
U.S. News: Three Central Mass. firms are best public companies to work for

1 week ago | wbjournal.com | Mica Kanner-Mascolo

Three Central Massachusetts healthcare companies have been named among the best public companies to work for by the U.S. News & World Report, representing the only firms in the region to be selected for the publication’s annual list.
Union urges DPH to halt closure of UMass Memorial’s teen detox center

1 week ago | wbjournal.com | Mica Kanner-Mascolo

Workers at UMass Memorial Health’s teen detox center are sounding the alarm over the Worcester healthcare system’s decision to close the program, claiming its services are essential to the region and calling upon the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to hold a public hearing in an effort to suspend the closure.
The Health Foundation grants $250K to support Nashoba Valley following hospital closure

2 weeks ago | wbjournal.com | Alison Kuznitz

As the Nashoba Valley Region continues to grapple with the loss of a hospital, a local group received a three-year, $250,000 grant to bolster health equity in Ayer, the Healey administration announced Wednesday. The Health Equity Partnership of North Central Massachusetts will use the funding to create a coalition to address the underlying causes of health disparities in Ayer, including access to care and "social drivers of health," the administration said.
Bill would require public construction projects worth $1M+ to include apprentices

2 weeks ago | wbjournal.com | Sam Drysdale

Public construction projects costing over $1 million would be required to use apprentices, under a bill that union supporters say will guarantee the future of the state's trade workforce. "It's about building a workforce that is local, highly trained and ready to meet growing demands of the construction industry. We have aging infrastructure, ambitious clean energy goals and a retiring generation of skilled workers.