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A compromise bill aimed at helping to grow the legal cannabis industry and making it more equitable emerged just before midnight Sunday after nearly a month of negotiations and quickly passed through both the House and Senate.

The owner of two prominent restaurants in Worcester’s Canal District neighborhood on Friday completed the purchase of the former Harding Tire Co. location for $1.25 million.

If lawmakers reach a deal to send Gov. Charlie Baker a bill reviving happy hour in willing Massachusetts cities and towns, they will do so over the opposition of an influential statewide group representing some of the very businesses who would gain the ability to offer discounted drink specials.

Moon Hill Brewing Co. of Gardner has launched a new non-alcoholic brew called Dry Water, entering it into the growing marketplace for non-alcoholic beverages that taste similar to hoppy beers.

Gaming industry executives from Plainridge Park Casino, MGM Springfield and Encore Boston Harbor on Monday reminded lawmakers of the "hyper-competitive industry" they operate in and of the ways the state's prohibition on sports betting is affecting their businesses as the time for legislative negotiators to strike a deal runs short.

An entity registered to two Boston developers purchased the former Sargent Card Building in Worcester – most recently the site of The Bridge community center – for $925,000 on Friday, in another step toward the transformation of the site.

The former Old Holbrook Place Campground in Sutton sold on Thursday for $1.5 million, to be used for future residential development.

Nearly four decades after Massachusetts lawmakers banned the practice statewide, happy hour could return to the menu in willing cities and towns if the Senate has its way.

Massachusetts unemployment rate dropped by two-tenths of a percentage point to 3.7% in June

Worcester Polytechnic Institute will begin offering four certification programs for cannabis professionals – covering business, law and policy, agriculture, and health care – starting Sept. 5 for this fall semester.