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These key public services won’t be hit by the state’s hiring freeze, Mass. Gov. Healey says
The freeze announced this week includes carve-outs for public safety personnel and direct care positions, Gov. Maura Healey ...
Millions in food aid for children and seniors at risk in proposed SNAP cuts, Healey warns
Hundreds of thousands of Bay State children and seniors could go hungry if the congressional Republicans carry through with ...
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$25 million: Will it jump-start redevelopment of the Worcester Memorial Auditorium?
WORCESTER ― Efforts to refurbish the long vacant Worcester Memorial Auditorium have received a financial boost. Gov. Maura ...
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Insurance regulators apply brake on co-pay, deductible increases
Health insurers in Massachusetts must curb increases to deductibles and copays starting next year, as the Division of Insurance flexes its new authority under a 2025 law that gives officials ...
Lego Group opens new U.S. headquarters in Boston
Lego Group announced in 2023 that it would be closing its previous headquarters in Enfield, Connecticut, where it had been ...
With hospitals at risk, Mass. eyes lifeline for broke insurer covering 460K public employees
Amid fears of“ serious financial consequences,” Massachusetts is working to create a lifeline for a Massachusetts agency that oversees health insurance for 460,000 public employees, retirees and their ...