Last week, the legislature had its busiest week in recent memory, scrambling to get promised pieces of major legislation out the door before the hovering deadline of July 31st.

It has been a breakneck week on Beacon Hill and we hope to recap you on all the activity of the Massachusetts legislature later this week.

The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance made the following statement today in response to news that Massachusetts has the highest unemployment rate in the country at 17.4%.