BOSTON — A conservative Bay State coalition is ramping up efforts to try and convince Gov. Charlie Baker to veto any budgetary language that calls for issuing driver's licenses to illegal aliens as part of bringing Massachusetts in compliance with the federal Real ID act.
The Renew Massachusetts Coalition, an organization led by outgoing Republican State Committeewoman Chanel Prunier, stated in a press release issued Thursday that it is redoubling its efforts as Beacon Hill lawmakers this month finalize the state budget.
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 the proposed measure in the petition from being placed on the 2016 Statewide ballot," the court said in a ruling written by Judge Margot Botsford.
