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As 2015 fades out, here are the Bay State’s most memorable moments
BOSTON – Plenty of Massachusetts news was fit to print in 2015. Here's our take on the 10 biggest Bay State stories of the year, in chronological order:
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Rosenberg questions endgame for ‘experimental’ charter schools
STATE HOUSE — Without indicating how the Senate is leaning, Senate President Stanley Rosenberg over the weekend referred to the charter school movement as an "experimental approach to education" that should not necessarily be allowed to continue to expand. After defeating a proposed lift to the charter school cap
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Med students, Baker discuss pain management
STATE HOUSE — In the latest attempt to showcase support for his approach to the opioid crisis, Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday met with medical students who backed up his effort to codify the teaching of pain management and safe prescribing practices in medical school curriculums. Baker, who plans to testify
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Tuition costs at UMass should — and can — go down
Since 2008, tuition at Massachusetts public four year colleges has increased more than 21 percent, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. In June, the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees voted to raise tuition and fees for the 2015-16 academic year by more than 5 percent. Students,
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Finding hope at the New England Center for Veterans
Each month I receive an email from my DAR chapter requesting volunteers to serve dinner at the New England Center for Homeless Veterans. I'm always taken aback by those two words – homeless and veteran. It is appalling that these brave men and women, who've risked everything
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Massachusetts needs to pass Right to Try legislation now
Few stories pack as emotional a punch as ones that involve someone diagnosed with a terminal illness beating the odds, being the first cured — the one who lives and brings hope to others facing the same death sentence. A newly released book, "The Right to Try," shows that
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Bay State pols offer mixed views on situation in Syria
BOSTON — The Bay State's congressional delegation is divided on possible approaches the United States could take as Russia has ramped up its defense of Syria's brutal Assad regime. U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, whose predecessor is now secretary of state, argued for a partnership with Russia
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State’s highest-paid employee is UMass hoops coach
It pays to coach a Division I revenue sport. According to the Massachusetts state employee salary database, the Bay State worker who hauled in the most earnings last year was not the governor or university president.
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