A long-awaited goal to bring a soccer stadium to Everett, Massachusetts, is in the final stretch — it’s included in an economic development bill that’s being voted on Thursday. We’ve got a rare November formal session for the Legislature here at the State House.

The Kraft family would clear a key hurdle toward building a new professional soccer stadium in Everett under a nearly $4 billion bill on the move this week whose economic impacts reach across nearly every business sector.