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In one week, new Massachusetts sales and use tax requirements will begin to apply to out-of-state remote sellers and marketplaces.

Workforce development offices in Worcester and Marlborough have gotten a combined $105,000 in state funding as part of a program to help youth with career advancement.

The roughly $10 billion opioid settlement that 24 states agreed to this month with Purdue Pharma represents "no more than a stopgap for local and state governments," according to a new report from Moody's Investors Service.

The New England Center for Children has opened a new school in Lebanon, bringing the Southborough-based agency for autism education and research to its 18th country in which it operates or consults.

The Barr Foundation is giving the Greater Worcester Community Foundation $1 million this year for Worcester arts organizations.

Worcester, Fitchburg, Framingham and Marlborough are among eight communities across Massachusetts to make a new incentive program targeting empty storefronts.

Massachusetts has a new law enabling public sector unions to recover costs associated with representing non-members.

Massachusetts employers added 6,700 jobs during August and the unemployment rate held at 2.9%, state labor officials reported Friday morning.

Framingham brewer Jack's Abby has always been known for its German-style lagers, using techniques modeled after old Bavarian methods. Now, Jack's Abby will go a step further with its first Oktoberfest.

The new owner of a women's hockey team in Boston is a Framingham investment firm, Cannon Capital.