By Katie Lannan and Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE
Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo is shrugging off the state Legislature's unsuccessful attempts to address education funding inequities, but others are using this week's collapsed talks on Beacon Hill as an election-year rallying call for change.
Former President Barack Obama is endorsing 81 candidates for office around the country, but none in Massachusetts.
The candidates are running for Congress, governor, and state legislatures. They are all Democrats, and the list includes candidates vying with other Democrats in party primaries.
