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The Massachusetts unemployment rate ticked down to 2.9% in July despite the estimated loss of 3,500 jobs, according to new data released Friday.

Thanks to work from its state lawmakers on Beacon Hill, Hudson now has five additional alcohol licenses to hand out with the hope to welcoming in new restaurants to its thriving downtown area.

An Urban Renewal Plan aimed to redevelop a vacant 1-million-square-foot factory in Hopedale is now in limbo after a partial court settlement in a lawsuit brought by the property’s owner. 

Fallon Health brought in $1.3 million in operating income in the second quarter, the Worcester health insurer announced Thursday.

Proposals for two Framingham cannabis-related developments, a 112,000-square-foot cultivation facility and a retail store, are seeking city permitting approval.

Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care on Wednesday announced plans to combine their two organizations into a new company that will serve nearly 2.4 million members.

STERIS Corp., a surgical device firm, has paid $6.9 million for a building next to its existing Northborough facility for a planned expansion.

Overcrowding of hospital emergency departments has become a major factor in safety problems or potential ones, according to a new Massachusetts government report.

The Worcester Telegram & Gazette laid off a longtime columnist and several other employees Tuesday roughly a week after its parent company announced a potential agreement for a major acquisition to create by far the media industry's largest company.

A New York investment firm has bought five Central Massachusetts senior living facilities as a new investor partner with facility operator Benchmark.