Last week, a Massachusetts House committee advanced a bill seeking to make changes to the state's cannabis regulatory agency. The proposal also increases the cap on licenses for business owners.

Drafts of the next Massachusetts budget have cleared the House and Senate. They now move to a six-person conference committee, which must come up with a single approach.

The auto club AAA predicts more than 45 million people nationally will travel more than 50 miles from home, which would break a record set last year. And most will do so by vehicle.

The union representing card dealers' at MGM Springfield was established last year, but management is questioning the validity of the unionization vote.

More than a half-dozen colleges will hold commencement exercises across western Mass., starting Thursday.

Rumors about a sale of the MGM Springfield casino began to circulate last year.

In less than a week's time, more than a dozen University of Massachusetts Amherst students who were preparing for careers in science, the humanities and other fields saw their goals take a sudden turn when their legal status to live and study in the U.S. disappeared.

A group of Springfield leaders are hosting a financial literacy fair for high school seniors this Friday. The event, called Credit For Life, will be held at the Springfield Technical Community College.

The new MassMutual Center parking garage in downtown Springfield officially opened this week. The five-story, $80 million facility replaces the old Civic Center garage that was built in the early 70's and demolished in 2022.

Western Massachusetts travel and tourism is expected to feel the impact of sweeping federal tariffs, if and when they're reinstated. After President Trump insisted he would hold the line with the tariffs, many big hikes were paused Wednesday afternoon for 90 days.