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House Speaker Robert DeLeo asked House lawmakers negotiating a recreational marijuana bill to suspend their talks with the Senate Wednesday night until a budget compromise can be struck.

The House and Senate on Friday afternoon banged out of Beacon Hill for the holiday weekend, signaling that deals on a marijuana bill and a fiscal 2018 state budget are still out of reach.

Distributors make investments to promote and market beers – only when beers succeed do distributors succeed. In 2016, Massachusetts ranked 12th in the United States in barrels of craft beer produced per year, and Massachusetts now has more than 100 breweries.

Ten years into running Old Sturbridge Village, Jim Donahue has grown the 71-year-old museum's revenue to $14 million annually, launched a theatrical division, re-opened its hotel and – starting this fall – founded the Old Sturbridge Academy Charter Public School.

Even though its building has been seized by authorities following the arrest of its owner on drug charges, a new seasonal menu restaurant called Chameleon will open at 166 Shrewsbury St.

A Worcester housing services, adult foster care, and employment assistance company is adding a second location, the company confirmed Friday.

Homewood Suites by Hilton will break ground on its second hotel in Central Massachusetts next week while it prepares to open its first hotel in the region.

Tower Hill's attendance outpaces the national trend, as attendance at the 600 members of the American Public Gardens Association rose more than 5 percent to 121 million, the group reported this spring. That includes nearly 1.5 million children on field trips.

The days of people shopping for certain goods in physical locations may be on the way out, but smart developers still can attract a robust retail customer base.

Starbucks is coming to Milford Crossing.