This Week in Worcester

Vice Chair of the Worcester City Council Khrystian King and City Manager Eric Batista traded barbs in statements released this week related to the end of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation of the Worcester Police Department.

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WORCESTER – Governor Maura Healey announced the appointment Katie Schlick as the first Massachusetts Heat Resistance Officer at Clark University in Worcester on Thursday, August 13. The position leads coordination across state government and works with local communities to prepare for rising temperatures, protect public health, and reduce impacts of extreme heat.

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The City of Worcester continues to pretend that police reform means only writing new policy, as city officials celebrate the U.S. Department of Justice of the Trump Administration, even as new policy approved in June doesn’t pass basic sc...

by Chris Lisinski, CommonWealth Beacon

Just as was the case two years ago, lawmakers sitting down now to finalize a sprawling bill intended to supercharge the region’s economy will need to debate whether the package should also embrace a major criminal justice reform.

Senators once again want to use the biennial economic development legislation as the vehicle to...

WORCESTER – In response to an inquiry from This Week in Worcester, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) declined to comment on inquiries related to its Civil Rights Division’s investigation of the Worcester Police Department (WPD).

The City of Worcester released a statement on Friday, Aug. 7, posted to the city’s website at 4:57 PM, that said that the DOJ informed City...