Transportation

The Healey Administration and legislative budget managers agreed Monday to build their upcoming state budget plans on the assumptions that they will have elevated general state tax revenue and and addition $1 billion from the high-earner surtax.

Gasoline prices in the Worcester metro area, as well as statewide, climbed another 6.5 cents in the past week.

Encouraged by the arrival of a governor who has already gone to the mat against Uber and Lyft, a growing coalition of labor leaders and workers will press lawmakers this session to extend significant new protections to drivers on the popular ride-hailing platforms.

The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline jumped nationwide over the past week, although prices in the Greater Worcester metro area and across Massachusetts remain below the national average.

The average price of gasoline in Massachusetts, as well as in Greater Worcester, is now slightly below the national average, according to Tuesday data from the travel association AAA.

A 107,000-square-foot Hudson industrial building at 555 Main St. was sold to a New York real estate firm for $7.5 million.

The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline dropped three cents in Massachusetts since last week to $3.32, while national prices jumped seven cents in the same time period.

Massachusetts continued to be one of the most moved-out-of-states in 2022, according to an annual report by Missouri-based mover United Van Lines.

The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Massachusetts dropped to $3.35 on Tuesday, three cents lower than a year ago on Jan. 3, 2022.

Criterion Group of Astoria, New York has proposed a 150,000-square-foot warehouse at the former site of Showcase Cinemas Worcester North.