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House leaders detailed a $3.65 billion spending package Monday that would invest in housing, hospitals, schools and workforce development, proposing to draw from last year's state budget surplus and over half of its American Rescue Plan Act funds to prop up workers, industries and communities hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic.

As many families in Massachusetts climb out of a financial hole created by COVID-19, Rep. Joan Meschino said Tuesday that efforts by the state to claw back overpayment of unemployment benefits during the pandemic has created anxiety and hardship for untold workers who spent the money to cover everyday living expenses.

The various cannabis businesses in and around Central Massachusetts – which include dispensaries, cultivation facilities, manufacturing plants, and testing labs – have proved themselves to be strong supporters of their communities.

On a day when dozens of lawmakers voiced opposition to legislation that would overhaul how companies classify and compensate app-based drivers, leaders of the gig economy giants seeking the changes indicated that their business models could not accommodate employee benefits under existing state law.

After 14 years with GFA Federal Credit Union in Gardner, David Bojarczuk announced Wednesday his retirement as executive vice president and chief financial officer.

The House and Senate on Monday passed legislation extending the state's COVID-19 emergency paid leave program, which is currently scheduled to expire on Thursday. Under the bill (H 4127), which also speaks to a public education campaign to promote the program's availability, the program would be extended until April 1, 2022.

Worcester is in a position of strength. The city has a better hand to play at the table, and it is important the city plays it well.

By most measures we outside of the fracas can see, the strike is a failure. And, we mean a failure on both sides.

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