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3:45       The largest annual gathering of business and government leaders in western Massachusetts – the Springfield Regional Chamber’s Outlook event – was held virtually today.   The speakers touched on legislative priorities on Beacon Hill and Capitol Hill.          The Speaker of the Massachusetts House Ron Mariano said he is hopeful a way can be found to reduce a surcharge that has resulted in many businesses seeing a huge increase in their assessment for unemployment insurance.          As many of you, I was frustrated and surprised to learn of the increases in the solvency fund rates, Mariano said in remarks to the Chamber event.          Last month, state lawmakers authorized borrowing to shore up the state’s unemployment fund that faced a $4 billion deficit and they froze the basic unemployment tax rate.  But legislators did not change the solvency assessment which is used to pay benefits to workers let go from businesses that h

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