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BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday took the first steps toward reforming the troubled Department of Children and Families with measures to improve client-tracking procedures and to ensure that social workers don't miss warning signs of abuse or neglect. Baker's actions came several months after the
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MALDEN – Bay State education policymakers voted Tuesday to create an MCAS 2.0 standardized testing program that combines elements of the multi-state PARCC exam and the current Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System by 2017. The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education backed Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester's recommendation to come
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BOSTON – Lawmakers grappling for responses to the drug-abuse epidemic that has killed hundreds of Bay State residents heard Monday from Gov. Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Martin Walsh in support of Baker's proposal to let doctors order involuntary three-day commitments of addicts and to limit initial prescriptions for
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STATE HOUSE — Rep. Seth Moulton is working to build support among the Bay State's Congressional delegation for a substantial study into building an underground rail link between North and South stations. The Salem Democrat met with avid project advocate and former governor Michael Dukakis on Monday and also
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STATE HOUSE — House leaders have crafted a modest proposal to lift the cap on solar net metering in an effort to break a logjam of stalled solar projects across many parts of the state, teeing up the long-awaited legislation for a debate on Tuesday and drawing sharp criticism from solar
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MALDEN, MASS. — On the eve of a potentially critical vote, educators, parents and elected officials pressed the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education on Monday to continue the conversation over student testing in a months-long debate, saying there's more to be considered. The board is on Tuesday is
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(RNS) — America's oldest graduate seminary is once again blazing a trail for other mainline Protestant institutions to follow. But this time it's a path many would rather not travel. On Thursday (Nov. 12), Andover Newton Theological School announced plans to relocate and sell its 20-acre campus
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Gov. Charlie Baker has rolled out major energy, opioid and charter school proposals and now the administration has a draft economic development plan on the table that aims to attract and retain highly-skilled workers, strengthen the state's competitive business clusters, and produce middle-market housing, especially near public transit.
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