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The Boston Public Schools will adopt a comprehensive strategy to address and prevent racial harassment of its students that will include annual trainings, an annual school-wide survey of the racial climate, and the establishment of a diversity/non-discrimination officer, federal authorities announced on Monday, citing the conclusion of a months-long
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With most lawmakers on hiatus from Beacon Hill, spending time in their districts or working on their reelection campaigns, a skeleton crew convened Thursday in the House and Senate where bills allocating local liquor licenses were flowing like beers at the Cask 'n Flagon before a Red Sox game.
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Gov. Charlie Baker told reporters Thursday that he learned about an alleged retribution case within the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs around 10 days ago, but an aide later said the governor misspoke about the timeline. "We were made aware of the allegations about 10 days ago and told
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STATE HOUSE — An estimated 88,000 adults in Massachusetts are problem gamblers, and another 390,000 are deemed "at-risk" gamblers and may bet more than they'd planned or borrow money to gamble, according to study findings presented Wednesday. Research required under the 2011 law that legalized
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Enrollment at the five University of Massachusetts campuses shot up 27 percent over the past decade and surpassed the 74,000 mark for the first time this year, university officials reported on Wednesday. Over the past decade, student enrollment at UMass has risen almost 27 percent – from 58,939 in
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STATE HOUSE — Bay State lobstermen want federal fishing regulators to work with them to ease restrictions on lobstering in Massachusetts Bay and two areas east of the South Shore, proposing new safety measures that would allow boats to continue to operate while also protecting endangered whales. Local lobstermen and leaders
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Individuals with disabilities rallied against a new Baker administration policy and appealed to lawmakers, telling them their independence and access to caregivers is at risk. According to the Disability Policy Consortium, restrictions took effect Sept. 1 that cap the number of hours that personal care attendants can work at 40
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STATE HOUSE — Paul Sagan, a journalist turned technology executive who was tapped in 2015 by Gov. Charlie Baker to chair the Massachusetts Board of Education, stepped into the middle of the fierce election battle over charter schools this summer when he made a sizable donation to the proponents of expansion.