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STATE HOUSE — Continuing to keep his distance from the simmering race for the nation's highest office, Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday deflected a radio show host's assertion that his politics are closer to Democrat Hillary Clinton's than to Republican presidential candidates like Carly Fiorina,
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Ann Romney excused herself, then laughed hardily as we began chatting this morning. When you have 10 rushed minutes to speak with someone as experienced with reporters as the former First Lady of Massachusetts, it doesn't make sense to start the interview by asking the same predictable questions
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STATE HOUSE — Education Secretary James Peyser wrote an op-ed in September laying out the choice the state Board of Education faces in November in choosing between keeping the state's MCAS exam or adopting a new student assessment known as PARCC. But new research suggests a third option: continuing
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Many Massachusetts children return to school this week; others return after Labor Day. At NBP, we believe that there is no more important duty to our children and their future than the work of great teachers and involved parents. And make no mistake, it takes both. Students with parents seriously
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President Barack Obama will be Boston-bound this Labor Day, where he will participate in the 2015 Greater Boston Labor Council Labor Day Breakfast at Boston Park Plaza Hotel, according to Boston.com. The breakfast is scheduled for 9 a.m.
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One way to explain the vision of the Museum of Fine Arts' latest exhibit, Class Distinctions: Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer, is to point to the intellectual feat required to organize so complex a collection. Indeed, it is an impressive tribute to the artistic dexterity
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STATE HOUSE — Charter schools and public school districts were separately hailed Tuesday as the best method of educating disadvantaged or struggling students as lawmakers listened to testimony calling for either an increase or halt in charter school growth. Gov. Charlie Baker was among the hundreds who packed an Education Committee
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PLYMOUTH — Hampered by heightened federal oversight of its operations and low natural gas prices, the owners of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, which began operations in 1972, announced plans Tuesday to close the Plymouth facility by 2019, jolting the regional electricity market, spurring new calls for renewable energy, and forcing Massachusetts
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