WORCESTER — With fare-free buses set to expire in June of this year, city leaders and organizations, such as the Worcester Regional Research Bureau, are pushing for the Worcester Regional Transit Authority Advisory Board to continue to extend the services for a longer period of time.

Webinar: Worcester's Redlined History. Presentation of the Bureau’s report “Static Income, Rising Costs” followed by keynote remarks about redlining and the Worcester map of 1936 from Dr. Robert Nelson of the University of Richmond’s Digital Scholarship Lab and Mapping Inequality Project.

WORCESTER — With the Community Preservation Act on the ballot in November in the city, supporters said the added surcharge on the annual assessed property tax will support initiatives that the city needs that other communities are already doing.

WORCESTER — The Worcester Regional Transit Authority Advisory Board voted Thursday to continue fare-free service until June 2023.

WORCESTER — The Worcester Regional Research Bureau has created an online tool to calculate the financial impact of the proposed Community Preservation Act on individual properties, urging voters to decide for themselves whether they can afford a 1.5% property tax surcharge to fund open space, affordable housing and historic preservation in the city.

WORCESTER — When Janice B. Yost got a call in 1999 from some city she had never heard of in Massachusetts asking if she was interested in helming a new health foundation, she was a bit surprised.

WORCESTER — Laurie Leshin, president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, has been named director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a California-based space-exploration organization affiliated with NASA.

WORCESTER — The challenges of superintendent searches in urban districts will be the focus of a panel during a virtual event Wednesday co-hosted by the Worcester Education Collaborative and the Worcester Regional Research Bureau.

WORCESTER — When the City Council sets the tax rates every year, councilors often lament that the issue of whether the city should keep its dual tax rate for residents and businesses or move toward a single rate is used as a political weapon during election season.

The fourth and final debate at Mechanics Hall will be held Wednesday evening as candidates make a final push before the muncipal election on Tuesday.