Eileen Donoghue

Massachusetts

Immigrant students stage sit-in at Lowell senator’s office

STATE HOUSE — Wearing mortarboards and carrying SAT prep books, members of a student immigrant group camped out in Sen. Eileen Donoghue's office on Thursday in hopes of urging the Lowell Democrat to back legislation that would allow undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates at public colleges in

Eileen Donoghue

Bill to set Aug. 15-16 as sales tax holiday

By Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE HOUSE-Shoppers interested in taking advantage of a temporary suspension of the state's 6.25 percent sales tax rate should circle Aug. 15-16 on their calendars or set up an alert for those dates on their smartphones.