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BOSTON – As the U.S. Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with one of the most significant abortion cases to reach its chambers in two decades, pro-life advocates in Massachusetts highlighted legislative inaction in Boston on a measure similar to the one at the center of the high court case. Like the
Abortion
BOSTON – More than 50 Bay State residents, all with passionately held pro-family views, rallied in the State House Wednesday and fanned out to lobby lawmakers on bills that could affect public funding for abortion providers, the future of sex education, and personal privacy while expanding access for transgender persons to
Massachusetts
BOSTON – While Gov. Charlie Baker this week repeatedly cited a daily death toll from the opioid epidemic, Speaker Robert DeLeo, the leader of the state House of Representatives, said he couldn't ensure that a measure to help contain it would be completed any time soon. The state Senate
Massachusetts
BOSTON – About 200 students, teachers, parents and community members unhappy with funding levels for Boston Public Schools made their presence known Wednesday at the State House and Boston City Hall, delivering a petition with more than 3,700 signatures to Gov. Charlie Baker and Mayor Marty Walsh amid loud chanting.
Massachusetts
BOSTON – Recognizing two Boston area charter schools named as finalists for a $80,000 prize on Tuesday, Education Secretary James Peyser said that charter schools in Massachusetts have a "tremendous impact" on the course of education reform in the state. "From pilot schools to innovation schools, extended
Massachusetts
BOSTON – The state education commissioner next week will ask the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to approve new charter schools in Springfield and Brockton and expansions at five existing charter schools, including four in Boston. Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester on Tuesday announced his recommendations in support
Massachusetts
John and Abigail Adams forged a happy, successful marriage that was as rare in their time as it is today. What was their secret? The couple's correspondence during the 54 years they were married provides many clues. They exchanged over 1,000 letters, which reveal their deep love
Education
JACKSON, Miss. — At 10 a.m. on Wednesday, the 11 students in Carol Jussely's "Essential College Skills" class were talking about sex. Crammed into school chairs and clustered in groups of three or four, they leaned together to confer and then shouted out answers to trivia
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