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STATE HOUSE — A citizens-backed initiative petition that sought to end the state's use of Common Core learning standards was improperly certified by Attorney General Maura Healey and is now ineligible for the November ballot, according to a Supreme Judicial Court ruling on Friday. The decision "will prevent
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STATE HOUSE — With just hours remaining in the current fiscal year, the state Senate on Thursday evening voted 38-1 to send a fiscal 2017 budget to Gov. Charlie Baker's desk. The $39.15 billion budget passed the House earlier in the day on a 150-3 vote.
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STATE HOUSE — There are 32,646 Massachusetts students are on waitlists for admission to charter schools, according to updated figures released Thursday by the Department for Elementary and Secondary Education. The department's report, based on March data, shows that 74 of the state's 78 charter schools
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STATE HOUSE — Responding to instability in the stock market that has shredded revenue estimates for next year, House and Senate leaders on Thursday will seek passage of a $39.15 billion budget accord for the fiscal year beginning Friday that slashes $750 million in projected revenue and $413 million in
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STATE HOUSE — After scrapping a requirement for companies to enable tipping and roughly matching the House and governor's two-tiered approach toward background checks for drivers, the Senate on Wednesday passed a bill creating a regulatory structure for the novel app-based ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft. The bill
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BOSTON — Boston Mayor Marty Walsh expressed concern Wednesday after the second top member of his administration was arrested on charges that he extorted a music festival, pressuring it to hire union workers. On Tuesday a federal grand jury indicted Tim Sullivan, Boston's chief of staff for intergovernmental relations
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As the Baker administration gets ready to implement new overtime regulations on personal care services next month, disability advocates are slamming the changes as "extremely scary" for those who often require more than full-time assistance with daily living activities. At a hearing Monday in Boston, part of feedback
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STATE HOUSE — An attempt to make it easier for veterans to access medical marijuana could actually cement a registration process that imposes roadblocks for other patients, according to advocates. Last month, the Senate tacked on to its fiscal 2017 budget a medical marijuana registration fee waiver for veterans who qualify