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Tourists walk along Commercial Street in Provincetown in July 2020. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

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Cape Cod Businesses Expected To Suffer Due To Housing Shortage

Massachusetts for years has been grappling with a strained housing market featuring limited supply, sluggish production of new units, and skyrocketing prices. The COVID-19 crisis deepened the problems.

Beach Plum flowers bloom along the banks of the Mystic River in front of the Encore Boston Harbor casino in Everett, Mass., Friday, June 21, 2019. (Charles Krupa/AP)

Gaming Revenues Showing Signs Of Major Bounceback

Jun 16, 2021

In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, housing activists erect a sign in front of Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker's house in Swampscott, Mass. (Michael Dwyer/AP File)

Almost $800M In Federal Housing Funds Still Available To Mass. Residents

Jun 4, 2021

Rob Bondurant, a supervisor at Great Southern Industries, a packaging company, loads up a finishing machine in the Jackson, Miss., facility, May 28, 2021. The lack of workers has forced some supervisors to assume additional duties. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP)

State, National Jobless Claims Drop To Another Pandemic Low

Jun 3, 2021

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Pavement Coffeehouse employees delivered a letter announcing their intention to unionize to the company's owner on Tuesday. (UnitedPavement via Twitter)

'This Is A Watershed Moment': Pavement Workers Make Moves To Form State's 1st Coffee Shop Union

Jun 2, 2021

A view of Gloucester from the Thacher Island Twin Lighthouses on Cape Ann. (Courtesy: cseeman/Flickr)

Cape Ann Businesses Ready For Summer Visitors

May 28, 2021

Eastman's Hardware in Falmouth has had a hiring sign in its window for almost five months. (Cristela Guerra/WBUR)

As Vacationers Return In Full Force, Cape Cod Faces Seasonal Worker Shortage

02:57May 28, 2021

On May 5, 2021, a truck passes a sign showing a need to hire laborers outside a concrete products company in Evans City, Pa. (Keith Srakocic/AP File)

U.S., Massachussetts Jobless Claims Continue To Fall To New Pandemic Lows

May 27, 2021

Casinos Cleared For Full Reopening This Weekend

After about 440 days of being closed or operating under restrictions meant to stop the spread of COVID-19, the state's slots parlor and two resort casinos will be allowed to...

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05:23May 26, 2021

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The sunset is seen above the Massachusetts State House in Boston on Dec. 1, 2020. (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

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May 25, 2021

This May 7, 2020, file photo shows a man wearing a mask while walking under a Now Hiring sign at a CVS Pharmacy during the coronavirus outbreak in San Francisco.(Jeff Chiu/AP File)

Massachusetts Unemployment Rate Falls To 6.5% in April

The state's unemployment rate declined to 6.5% in April, down from a revised rate of 6.7% in March, the agency reported.

May 21, 2021

Ellen Booth, 57, studies at her kitchen table to become a certified medical coder, in Coventry, R.I., May 17, 2021. When the restaurant she worked for closed last year, Booth said it gave her "the kick I needed." She started a year-long class to learn to be a medical coder. (David Goldman/AP)

State, National Jobless Claims Continue To Drop, To New Pandemic Low

The latest data from the U.S. Department of Labor show just over 10,000 Massachusetts residents filed for first-time unemployment benefits last week -- a decrease of nearly 1,500 from the...

May 20, 2021

Anthony Samuels, CEO of DRB Facility Services, at his office in Copley Place, Boston. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Report: Entrepreneurs Of Color Faced A Huge Funding Gap Before COVID. It May Be Worse Now

The report found entrepreneurs of color in the state already had an unmet financial need of roughly half a billion dollars a year. And even some of the most successful...

06:17May 20, 2021

A for sale sign stands in front of a house, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Westwood, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Half A Million Mark Puts Mass. Housing Market In New Territory

The Warren Group reported Tuesday morning that the median sale price for a single family home in Massachusetts during April sailed past the $500,000 mark for the first time, resting...

May 19, 2021

A bartender prepares a to-go cocktail. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Restaurants Seek Extension Of COVID-19 Relief Measures

To-go cocktail sales and caps on fees charged by third-party delivery services have helped restaurants keep the lights on while their operations have been limited during the COVID-19 crisis, restaurant...

May 17, 2021

The top of the State Street Financial Center in Downtown Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

State Street Corporation To Pay $115M Criminal Penalty

The company has agreed to pay the criminal penalty to resolve charges that it schemed to defraud clients by secretly overcharging some of its customers for as long as 17...

May 14, 2021