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  • 2025 News,In the News

    WRRB hosts debate lineup ahead of 2025 Worcester election

    Full and original article posted on the Worcester Guardian. WORCESTER—As [...]

    September 23, 2025
  • 2025 News,In the News

    WRRB earns national recognition for digital research project

    Full and original article posted on The Worcester Guardian. WORCESTER—The [...]

    July 27, 2025
  • 2024 News,In the News

    Worcester Regional Research Bureau honored with 4 awards

    WORCESTER—The Worcester Regional Research Bureau (WRRB) received national recognition recently at the 2024 Governmental Research Association (GRA) Annual Conference held in Asheville, NC. 

    August 22, 2024
  • 2024 News,In the News

    Batista’s state of the city address: ‘Housing is No. 1 priority’

    WORCESTER—Worcester continues to grow, adding an estimated 1,100 residents since the 2020 Census, to boost the population in New England’s second-largest city to 207,621.

    May 22, 2024
  • 2024 News,In the News

    City manager to deliver state of the city address

    WORCESTER—The City of Worcester and the Worcester Regional Research Bureau (WRRB) presents a State of the City Address on Wednesday, May 22, at the Jean McDonough Arts Center.

    April 25, 2024
  • 2024 News,In the News

    Worcester Regional Research Bureau launches WPS data dashboard

    WORCESTER - If you’ve ever wondered what percentage of students at your child’s school are high needs or the student-to-teacher ratio, the Worcester Regional Research Bureau has created a dashboard to help people easily find that information and more.

    January 19, 2024
  • 2023 News,In the News

    Understanding Worcester’s charter: WRRB releases clarifying brief

    WORCESTER—Worcester’s charter has been raised several times during the debates leading up to the city’s Nov. 7 municipal election. In response, members of the Worcester Regional Research Bureau last week released a brief on the topic.

    October 30, 2023
  • 2023 News,In the News

    Debate: Where do mayoral candidates stand on taxes, police, etc.?

    WORCESTER - Six terms as mayor of the city of Worcester gives Joseph M. Petty an advantage over his four rivals for the position going into the Nov. 7 municipal election.

    October 26, 2023
  • 2023 News,In the News

    Haxhiaj-Rivera fisticuffs carry over to district seats’ debate

    WORCESTER - Incumbent District 5 City Councilor Etel Haxhiaj and local boxing luminary Jose Antonio Rivera earned reputations as fighters in two very different arenas. This was fully apparent on Wednesday, Oct. 18, in the sparring that took place between them during a district city councilor seats’ debate at Mechanics Hall.

    October 19, 2023
  • 2023 News,In the News

    At-large city council candidates assert ‘renaissance’ falls short

    WORCESTER - An aging industrial metropolis has undergone remarkable progress in recent years, but that transformation has not touched all people and all neighborhoods. This was the unmistakable message delivered by at-large city council candidates Guillermo Creamer Jr., Maydee Morales, Bill Coleman, Domenica F. Perrone and Johanna Hampton-Dance during a debate at Mechanics Hall Wednesday night.

    October 12, 2023
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