On Thursday, the Worcester Research Bureau released a report Bureau Brief - Worcester's Unfunded OPEB Liability that revealed the city of Worcester owes $727 million in unfunded post-employment benefit (OPEB) liabilities.

The Research Bureau has released the Worcester Almanac: 2015. the Bureau's inaugural effort to capture key data points about the city and region.

On Wednesday, the Worcester Regional Research Bureau and the Worcester Education Collaborative will hold it's second panel installment of 'Funding Public Education.' Wednesday's panel, titled 'Part II: Balancing the Needs of the Schools and the Needs of the City,' will address the challenge of prioritizing funds among educational and other municipal operations.

Worcester is a city that is constantly changing, especially from a demographic and cultural perspective.

As the Worcester Redevelopment Authority and the City of Worcester work to establish an urban renewal plan focused on the downtown area, the Worcester Research Bureau has placed a lot of effort in informing the public about the importance of urban renewal to the city.

In an effort to retain more college students after they graduate, many organizations throughout Central Massachusetts are working to find solutions to the student retention problem in Worcester by creating internship and job opportunities to study graduating students to find out their needs.

Congratulations to the Worcester Regional Bureau for their research on the Common Core…a set of national educational standards that was adopted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and 43 other states.

A new report analyzing the Fiscal Year 2015 budget – which began on July 1st – for Worcester says that more citizens need to be involved in the process so that the city can better account for the wants and needs of its residents.

After a successful annual meeting last week, The Worcester Regional Research Bureau has released their 29th Annual Report, detailing the organization’s year in review.

If PARCC testing is to be implemented in the Commonwealth, a greater access to technology is needed for students.