Foxboro has a surrounding community agreement with Plainridge Racecourse operator Penn National.
State health officials are asking people to get flu shots.
Recap and analysis of the week in state government by State House News Service.
A bill has been filed by state Rep. Ruth Balser.
The renovations include energy-efficient windows, wheelchair ramps, sprinklers, security cameras and new phone and Internet lines.
A recent report from Washington lays out damage done by last month’s government shutdown.
State law says that the state must reduce the tax rate by .05 percentage points if “certain collections benchmarks are met,” reported the Boston Business Journal.