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BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker will pitch his bid to increase the number of charter schools during a marathon legislative hearing on dozens of education bills Tuesday in the State House. Under the plan the Republican governor outlined last week, up to 12 new charter schools or expansions of existing institutions
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Massachusetts should get its "fair share" of wagering on popular fantasy sports sites, according to House Speaker Robert DeLeo, who said the growing industry could be the subject of legislation or regulation through the executive branch. During a WCVB-TV "On the Record" interview, the Winthrop Democrat
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BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker, who made dealing with drug addiction a priority as he took office in January, is expected to put forward a proposal for tackling the issue this week with a goal of getting comprehensive legislation passed by early 2016. The recommendations are likely to extend steps to
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BOSTON (AP) — The owner of a Massachusetts dumpling restaurant has sued three people she says stole her secret family recipe and opened a nearly identical eatery. Nadia Liu Spellman, owner of Dumpling Daughter in Weston, says in her lawsuit filed in federal court this week that only three people knew
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BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker reignited a debate on Thursday that has vexed and divided Democrat and Republican lawmakers in recent years, proposing an expansion of charter schools that would be targeted toward the lowest performing districts statewide. Baker chose the Brooke Charter School in Mattapan, in the district of Education
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STATE HOUSE — Wearing mortarboards and carrying SAT prep books, members of a student immigrant group camped out in Sen. Eileen Donoghue's office on Thursday in hopes of urging the Lowell Democrat to back legislation that would allow undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates at public colleges in
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Yesterday on Beacon Hill, advocates for legislation known as the "bathroom bill" lobbied for the "right" to use public restrooms and locker rooms "consistent with their gender identity." When asked how this legislation would impact the right to privacy of biological women forced to
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A couple dozen long-term unemployed workers and training professionals came to the State House Wednesday to lobby lawmakers on two bills that would prohibit employers from making hiring decisions on certain grounds. Around 30 unemployed adults and career training organizers attended the event looking to bring attention to what they
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