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Read our report Questions for the Candidates?

Read our report Insights Insider: Pre-K Education in Worcester County

Read our report Express for Whom?

View our visualization Where are Worcester’s Woes?

Read our report Insights Insider: Worcester County’s Growing Job Sectors

View our visualization Cashing in on Cannabis

Read our report Bureau Update: Mass. Exodus in Civil Service

Read our report Insights Insider – Community Health: Asthma

Read our report Casting Ballots on Taxes: Town Meeting, Local Governance, and Proposition 2 1/2’s Limits

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Recent Reports & Forums

Insights Insider on SNAP Benefits in Worcester County, from The Research Bureau and Greater Worcester Community Foundation

Insights Insider: SNAP Benefits in Worcester County

Our first Insights Insider of the year explores the use of SNAP benefits in Worcester County. In partnership with Greater Worcester Community …

The Promises of the Worcester/Framingham Line

The Promises of the Worcester/Framingham Line follows The Research Bureau’s previous work from June 2025, Express for Whom? Ridership, Recovery, …

Thomas S. Green Public Service Award nominations are now open - deadline to submit is March 27. Forms available on www.wrrb.org.

Thomas S. Green Public Service Awards – Nominations Open!

Thomas Green Public Service Award nominations are open! These Awards recognize the unsung heroes of public service in Worcester County! …

2025 Precinct Turnout Percent - a pop-out illustrates the data available in the dashboard on Worcester's municipal election results.

Worcester’s Municipal Election: 2025 Results

The Worcester Regional Research Bureau has long analyzed data on elections and voting in Worcester. This dashboard continues by analyzing …

WPS Strategic Plan Evaluation - Publication & Interactive Data Dashboard.

Bureau Brief – WPS Strategic Plan Evaluation

Worcester Regional Research Bureau in partnership with Worcester Education Collaborative (WEC) developed an interactive Tableau dashboard that displays progress on …

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Welcome to The Research Bureau

Promoting Informed Debate and Decision-Making through Public Policy Research

The Worcester Regional Research Bureau serves the public interest of Greater Worcester by conducting independent, non-partisan research and analysis of public policy issues to promote informed public debate and decision-making. For thirty years, The Research Bureau has worked to protect the public interest in Greater Worcester by identifying issues, investigating impacts, and educating the public and government officials of opportunities and best practices.

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The Research Bureau receives many suggestions for report subjects. When considering the viability of a potential report, WRRB staff asks a series of questions. In an effort to ensure we have answers to these questions when discussing an idea or pitch, we ask that our friends and partners with ideas provide as much detail as possible when submitting.