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Patients, doctors, substance abuse counselors, politicians, lawyers, veterans and entrepreneurs hoping to cash in on the legalization of medical marijuana weighed in on potential regulations Wednesday afternoon in Worcester.

The carbon cap shared by nine states, including Massachusetts, will be about 74 million tons lower next year and closer to the states' actual total carbon dioxide output under a new Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative plan.

Startup companies and entrepreneurs in Central Massachusetts, drawn by a decidedly unique way to raise extra capital, have started to employ crowd funding for their projects.

Asked this morning what might happen next month with the Congressional fight to raise the nation's debt ceiling, U.S. Rep. James McGovern admitted the situation is hard to predict.

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Gov. Deval Patrick rolled out an ambitious spending plan Wednesday night as he turned the corner on his second term in office, making the case to the public and lawmakers for a massive $1.9 billion tax increase that he said would be spent on education and transportation to “accelerate” economic growth.

Massachusetts has joined Indiana as one of two states now offering tax discounts to companies for providing their workers with ways to get in better shape.

With key provisions of the federal Affordable Care Act getting ready to kick in a year from now, Gov. Deval Patrick on Tuesday proposed to eliminate a cornerstone of the state's 2006 health care access law that penalizes employers who don't make a "fair" contribution to their employees' health insurance premiums.

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The New Year will bring in more jobs throughout the United States, but not enough to make a substantial dent in joblessness, according to a survey by online jobs and careers site CareerBuilder.