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Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. By David Montgomery MINERAL WELLS, Texas — Desperate to fill open positions amid a statewide teacher shortage, school officials in this rural North Texas city of about 15,000 chose to follow the lead of neighboring districts by converting to a four-day school
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It's no longer the fight for $15 for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont). The self-described democratic socialist is now pushing for a $ 17-an-hour minimum wage.
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A sixth-grader barred from wearing a T-shirt saying "There are only two genders" at a public middle school in Middleborough in March was forced Friday to remove the same T-shirt when it was altered to say "There are CENSORED genders." But a third politically charged T-shirt
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A decrease in tax revenues in April 2023 shouldn't stop tax cuts in Massachusetts, Governor Maura Healey said Friday. "We're talking about a tax relief package that is absolutely essential to lowering the cost of living, making life more affordable for people in Massachusetts, and
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Tampons and menstrual pads will be available in most men's bathrooms on the Emerson College campus next school year. Emerson Flows, an advocacy group that supports putting menstrual products in all bathrooms on campus, presented vice president of student life Jim Hoppe a petition with 408 signatures advocating
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Over a two-day span, nine stranded dolphins — two of them repeats — were rescued off the coast of Cape Cod. On the morning of Monday, May 1, nine Atlantic White-Sided Dolphins were seen swimming in Wellfleet Harbor, according to The Cape Cod Times. As rescuers arrived to help the dolphins to
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A spectator at a Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies game in Philadelphia on Friday, May 5 fell over a protective wall into the Phillies bullpen. The spectator was reaching for a ball thrown his way. The incident happened in the top of the first inning when Masataka Yoshida, the Red
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Middleborough public school officials say they will continue to require that a sixth-grader not wear a T-shirt that says "There are only two genders," possibly setting up a showdown tomorrow. Liam Morrison, 12, first wore the T-shirt on March 21 to Nichols Middle School, where he is a
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