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Committee forms to oppose Common Core ballot question
BOSTON – Former Fitchburg State University president Robert Antonucci will lead a new committee to fight a ballot question that would allow Massachusetts…
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Pot initiative poses risks, no tax gain, Senate group says
BOSTON – A group of state lawmakers outlined an approach to marijuana legalization Tuesday that would involve the Legislature tinkering with a voter-…
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Pearson exec slams opponents of Common Core as supporters head to court to prevent Mass. vote
A video in which a former textbook publishing executive defends the controversial federal Common Core educational standards and says that its creators…
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‘Millionaire tax’ and pot legalization sponsors file signatures, point to revenue potential
BOSTON – Massachusetts voters may soon get a chance to decide whether to raise state revenue by taxing the rich, legalizing and taxing…
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Teachers’ unions ask lawmakers to leave charter caps to voters
BOSTON – Some of the state's largest teachers' unions, allied with community groups that back their opposition to increasing the…
