STATE HOUSE — A new federal education law that shifts some control from Washington D.C. to individual states will give Massachusetts a chance to reconsider several pieces of its education system, a policy expert told lawmakers Wednesday.
Passed in December, the Every Student Succeeds Act replaces No Child Left Behind as the latest reauthorization of the 50-year-old national education law originally known as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
BOSTON – With billions of dollars on the line, Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday that he hopes to renegotiate a federal Medicaid waiver with the Obama administration by this summer.
In October 2014, then-Gov. Deval Patrick secured a five-year deal with the Obama administration worth $41.4 billion, but it didn't fund the state's safety net health-care pool in the fourth and fifth years.
