A new report gives a rare picture into downtown Worcester's office market.

WORCESTER - The Worcester Regional Research Bureau is pleased to announce that at its 33rd annual meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 11, at the DCU Center, the Bureau awarded Philip R. and Gale Y. Morgan its Fairman C. Cowan Municipal Leadership Award.

The Worcester Regional Research Bureau announced it awarded Philip and Gale Morgan its Fairman Cowan Municipal Leadership Award.

WORCESTER - From teaching resilience through failure to recommending a women-only business incubator, Babson College President and former Lt. Governor Kerry Healey offered a number of strategies to increase diversity and female representation in politics, academia and business during her keynote address Tuesday to the Worcester Regional Research Bureau.

Worcester city councilors don’t have to research ancient history to help them with their upcoming vote on tax reclassification.

Nov. 28--WORCESTER -- Early bird specials on the Pike? Traffic signal prioritization for buses? Dogs traveling to chiropractor appointments in self-driving cars?

Recently I filed an order at a City Council meeting requesting the city manager to identify strategies on how Worcester can better utilize data and technology to improve the delivery of city services in Worcester’s residential neighborhoods. This request derives from the manager’s recent decision to elevate Worcester’s chief information officer (CIO) to a position within his cabinet.

WORCESTER - The Worcester Regional Research Bureau is talking trash in its latest brief, praising a recent pilot program using clear plastic bags for disposing of recyclables and recommending the city investigate both stricter penalties for illegal dumping and a free trash drop-off site.

Worcester's accessibility made it a hub of commerce and innovation during the Industrial Revolution, with the north-south Blackstone Canal connecting the city to Providence, Rhode Island, and an east-west rail line to Boston.

WORCESTER — Early bird specials on the Pike? Traffic signal prioritization for buses? Dogs traveling to chiropractor appointments in self-driving cars?