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Bay State students get best grades in ‘Nation’s Report Card’

BOSTON – While Massachusetts policymakers debate standardized exams and what form they should take in the future, the Bay State's fourth- and eighth-graders earned top marks in reading and math in nationwide testing results released Wednesday. Fourth grade students ranked first in reading and tied for first in math,

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Newton-born American killed in Palestinian attack was peace activist

JERUSALEM (AP) — An American educator who marched for civil rights in the 1960s and advocated coexistence between Muslims and Jews when he moved to Israel died Tuesday after succumbing to wounds sustained in a Palestinian attack on a bus in Jerusalem two weeks ago. It was one of many attacks

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Carbon tax plan calls for broad redistribution of $$$

STATE HOUSE — Sen. Michael Barrett joined environmentalists and economists in calling for a substantial gas tax increase Tuesday, calling it a "user fee on pollution" and promoting rebates and payouts that would be delivered to all residents. The proposal, backed by nearly four dozen House and Senate Democrats,

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Charter school campaign claims to have surpassed signature threshold

STATE HOUSE — On the eve of a high-stakes Senate caucus, activists planning to put a charter school expansion question before voters in November 2016 say they've already compiled more than 100,000 signatures, three weeks before those signatures are due to be presented to local offices for certification.

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Fidelity put clients at risk with unregistered advisers, Galvin says

BOSTON – Fidelity Investments illegally let dozens of unregistered advisers trade in customer accounts through its brokerage unit for at least a decade, gaining client assets and fee income while putting customers at risk, Massachusetts regulators claim in a complaint brought against the mutual-fund giant on Monday. According to an administrative

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T fares may climb as MBTA eyes riders to help close budget gap

BOSTON – T riders may be called on to help ease a growing budget shortfall at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Increasing fares is one of several options the agency's fiscal management control board is considering as it comes up with a plan to tackle a gap projected to

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Mass. policymaking, national politics on July 2016 collision course

STATE HOUSE — Democrats and Republicans next July with gather in Philadelphia and Cleveland to select their nominees for president. But will Bay State lawmakers be among them? The national political conventions are presenting more than just a philosophical and political conundrum for Massachusetts legislators. They're creating a logistical

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State launches comment period on draft food system plan

State officials on Friday invited the public to submit their feedback on a draft food system plan that Baker administration officials believe will create jobs and grow wages in farming and related industries and increase the production of Massachusetts-grown foods "The Massachusetts Food System Plan will help the state