WASHINGTON — In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says he still wants a comprehensive package that deals with the debt. But he says that takes time.

BOSTON — The University of Massachusetts is directing a record $169.2 million of its own funds toward student financial during the current academic year.

BOSTON — Preliminary revenue collections were up $249 million over the same month a year ago. They also beat the state’s revised monthly benchmark by $173 million.

BOSTON — The Massachusetts economy grew at its slowest clip of the year in the fourth quarter. But analysts say the state economy is “poised for faster growth” in 2013.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Regulators are meeting in Portsmouth to decide 2013 limits on stocks including cod on Georges Bank and in the Gulf of Maine.

BOSTON — Patrick conceded that his ambitious budget request calling for major adjustments in the income and sales taxes may not survive the upcoming legislative process intact.

BOSTON — The Boston Redevelopment Authority says the city has regained all 15,000 jobs it lost during the recession.

BOSTON — Median prices rose 12 percent when compared to December 2011, to $300,000, the highest since August and the highest December mark since 2007.

BOSTON — The state’s unemployment rate rose in December from 6.6 to 6.7 percent, though 7,500 jobs were added.

BOSTON — Patrick says freezing the unemployment insurance rates for the fourth year in a row would save employers another $500 million.

BOSTON — A 1998 amendment to the Massachusetts Constitution ties increases or decreases in the base pay of legislators to median household income.

WASHINGTON — The top Senate negotiators on the effort to prevent the government from going over the “fiscal cliff” offered a pessimistic assessment Sunday barely 24 hours before a deadline to avert tax hikes on virtually every worker.

WASHINGTON — Top members of Congress and President Barack Obama are holding out hopes that they can come to an agreement on how to avert the “fiscal cliff” set to automatically go into effect in January.

WALTHAM, Mass. — The Massachusetts Association of Realtors reports that the number of single-family homes sold in the state last month jumped almost 30 percent, while median prices were up more than 3 percent.