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Massachusetts lawmakers steamrolled Gov. Charlie Baker's veto of pay raise legislation Thursday, delivering big salary increases for themselves, six statewide constitutional officers, and scores of judges.

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection on Friday said it assessed a $32,000 penalty against Illinois tanker truck firm Atlas SN. for a diesel fuel spill at 81 Main St. in Douglas.

Southborough electric vehicle manufacturer Sevcon Inc. announced Thursday it has inked a $200-million contract with a European manufacturer to develop parts.

A proposal put forth by a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority committee would add stops on the evening express train from Boston's South Station to Worcester.

In advance of Tuesday's City Council vote defeating a proposal to declare Worcester not a sanctuary city, the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce called immigrants vital to the Central Massachusetts economy.

Solar energy traders would be about the only ones losing out under the Baker Administration's proposed new plan for incentivizing the solar industry, according to state officials who say the plan will benefit solar developers, solar investors and utility ratepayers.

Gov. Charlie Baker on Friday morning vetoed legislative Democrats' controversial package of pay raises worth $18 million for lawmakers, judges and constitutional officers, in a move that may carry more political weight for the Republican governor than practical implications.

The Massachusetts economy grew at a sharply slower rate in the fourth quarter of 2016 and growth is expected to be slow over the first half of 2017, according to data released on Friday by the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute.