Voters, students and their families, as well as Massachusetts businesses want more voc-tech seating capacity. The primary and bedrock focus for policymakers, parents, and the business community should be providing as many students as possible with the high-quality opportunities that a voc-tech education provides while maintaining many of the tenets that have made this form of education so successful.
Timothy Murray
Posted inOpinion
Vote no on Question 2
The single biggest issue I hear from our 2,100 member businesses and organizations on a daily basis is the need for employees with high educational levels and problem solving skills.
Posted inOpinion
What Mass General Brigham cost analysis overlooks
MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM recently proposed a $2 billion expansion that would create two new outpatient clinics in Westborough and Woburn and expand a clinic in Westwood. As organizations that represent businesses in the Worcester region and health care consumers across the state, we have serious concerns that this plan would increase health care costs for […]
Posted inOpinion
CSX merger with Pan Am is good for region
THROUGHOUT MY CAREER in both public office and private industry, I’ve worked alongside like-minded New Englanders to help create economic opportunity throughout our region. This is true of my tenure as lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, my terms as mayor and city council member in Worcester, and in my current role as president/CEO of the Worcester […]
Posted inOpinion
Despite vaccines, COVID-19 testing remains priority
WHEN THE NEWS BROKE late last year that multiple pharmaceutical companies had successfully developed vaccines for COVID-19, we all breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, there was light at the end of the tunnel. Even as the vaccine rollout has accelerated, it is still uncertain when we will reach herd immunity. New variants have emerged […]
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Don’t undercut brownfields tax credit
WHEN AN ENVIRONMENTAL remediation program has thrived for a quarter-century — converting abandoned industrial sites into engines of job creation that address the ravages of environmental contamination — turning our backs on that progress seems unwise. Nevertheless, the state is on the precipice of making an unfortunate error in ending decades of success under the […]
Posted inTransportation
In Allston interchange debate, don’t forget Grand Junction
ON MARCH 1, 2020, one of the biggest challenges facing major Massachusetts employers was how to reliably get their employees to work as they battled the worst traffic congestion in the country. Just one short week later, COVID-19 changed the conversation. The debate over transportation seemed to evaporate as everything about how we live, work, […]