Individuals with disabilities rallied against a new Baker administration policy and appealed to lawmakers, telling them their independence and access to caregivers is at risk.
According to the Disability Policy Consortium, restrictions took effect Sept. 1 that cap the number of hours that personal care attendants can work at 40 per week, or up to 60 in some cases. The policy is causing attendants to seek second jobs and forcing individuals with disabilities to try and find new, trustworthy caregivers, according to the advocacy group.
STATE HOUSE — Paul Sagan, a journalist turned technology executive who was tapped in 2015 by Gov. Charlie Baker to chair the Massachusetts Board of Education, stepped into the middle of the fierce election battle over charter schools this summer when he made a sizable donation to the proponents of expansion.
The contribution generated bias allegations from anti-charter school advocates and calls for his resignation given his position as an evaluator of charter schools and their license applications. All of those concerns were summarily dismissed by Baker, himself a supporter of the ballot question, as a "nothingburger" meant to distract from the merits of the debate over charter schools.
