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Sen. Stephen Brewer of Barre is leaving the Legislature next month but will waste little time in finding new work.

House and Senate negotiators on Wednesday evening broke through with a compromise on mercury thermostat recycling legislation that has been tied up in conference since last December.

The minimum wage in Massachusetts would increase from $8 an hour to $11 an hour by 2017 under a deal announced Wednesday night by top House and Senate Democrats.

State tax collections this fiscal year could grow by as much as 4.8 percent, up from the 3 percent growth rate used by lawmakers and the Patrick administration when they built the $34 billion fiscal 2014 budget, according to an updated Department of Revenue estimate.

Residents of western Worcester County want rural Massachusetts to stay that way, according to a planning meeting Wednesday.

The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Barre is one of 17 Massachusetts organizations receiving funding from the...

The Davis Cos. of Marlborough hired REBECCA ROCKE as director of national accounts. She previously worked at...

These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office from May 1-15,...