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The Massachusetts unemployment rate stayed flat at 3.0% in June, still beating the national rate, which ticked up a tenth of a percentage point to 3.7%.

Rotmans Furniture, a family-run Worcester furniture retailer for more than five decades, has officially been acquired by Vystar, which longtime Rotmans chief executive Steve Rotman also leads as CEO.

The Worcester Art Museum has been given a $10-million donation, the largest in its history, the museum announced Sunday.

Cultivate, the Leicester cannabis grower and retailer, has had its licenses renewed by the state despite hesitancy from some commissioners.

For years coming out of the Great Recession, manufacturing in Greater Worcester outpaced the nation in new job growth. That's no longer the case.

Nurses and Massachusetts Nurses Association members shared their stories with lawmakers Thursday to urge passage of a bill that would require hospitals to develop workplace violence prevention plans.

Fitchburg, Lunenburg, Southbridge and Worcester are among the recipients of $80 million in government funding and $40 million in tax credits to support rental units across the state.

The food-centric magazine Edible has expanded to Worcester, the seventh such publication in Massachusetts for the national chain.

The Worcester Public Market, due to open this fall, will be the first of its kind in Worcester and the latest in a fast-growing national trend. Opening in a lower-income neighborhood with few residents or large workplaces, even its developer admits it's a big risk.

Total occupied warehouse space contracted across MetroWest in the second quarter, while industrial space stayed flat, according to Perry Brokerage Associates of Boston.