Transportation

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.

A 9,700-square-foot strip mall in Shrewsbury containing a Domino's Pizza has been sold for $1.53 million, according to the broker representing the sale.

Electric autonomous vehicles could shuttle passengers around the state with no one monitoring the controls under new legislation that would authorize and regulate the burgeoning technology, seeking to limit "zombie cars" and extract environmental benefits from innovation.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Michelle Jones-Johnson shares her knowledge on the importance of diversity in business.