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Optimism about the state economy -- bolstered by news that Boston has lured GE away from Connecticut -- helped get 2016 off to a positive start for business confidence despite uneasy financial markets, according to the Associated Industries of Massachusetts.

A group of corporate partners representing the often-times competing interests of hydroelectric, on-shore wind and transmission have forged a new coalition to push lawmakers to embrace policies put forward by Gov. Charlie Baker and others that would diversify the state's energy mix.

Gov. Charlie Baker's $39.55 billion budget proposal was filed Wednesday and a hearing schedule on the spending plan emerged late Friday. It will take lawmakers From Boston to Amherst, Methuen, Springfield, Medford, and Everett and back to Boston again.

A group seeking divestment of fossil fuel assets from the state pension fund plans to deliver a letter ahead of a meeting of the Pension Reserve Investment Management Board on Tuesday.

Not too long ago, getting Girl Scout cookies to out-of-state friends and family involved buying and shipping them out yourself. But today, Thin Mints and Samoas are just a click away.

It's one thing to set goals and priorities for your team in 2016 and each sales quarter...

Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday proposed to pour almost $1 billion over the next five years into economic development, housing and job training as part of a strategy to maintain strong job growth in the Boston region and revitalize cities and towns still struggling to take advantage of the economic upswing.

The state would be required to develop a climate change mitigation plan and meet new long-term carbon emission reduction benchmarks under legislation passed unanimously by the Senate on Thursday.

Gov. Charlie Baker has held the fiscal line for Massachusetts taxpayers and those subject to myriad governmental fees, promising no hikes in the fiscal 2017 budget.

Gov. Charlie Baker, in an unapologetic defense of his administration's focus on the nitty-gritty of governing, called Thursday night for a significant new investment in vocational schools while also pledging fiscal restraint.