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Homelessness surging as Boston mounts yearly count

BOSTON – Last year brought its challenges to the homeless in Boston, with record snowfall and the unexpected closure of the Long Island shelter, eliminating 700 beds. Now, as winter deepens once again, the city aims to come up with a plan to end chronic homelessness. To gather data to help

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Dorchester Collegiate charter school faces closure

BOSTON – In an emotionally charged gymnasium filled with parents and bureaucrats, the state's education board voted narrowly on Tuesday to revoke the charter of Dorchester Collegiate Academy Charter School. It appeared Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Mitchell Chester's recommendation might deadlock before the board until

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Baker previews fiscal strategy ahead of new budget plan

BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker, who plans "a lot of level funding" in his second annual budget, said that by fiscal 2018 he will have weaned state government off the use of one-time revenue sources to balance spending. "We need to do all we can to make sure

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Southbridge schools placed in state receiver’s hands

BOSTON – In the wake of a "parade of discontinuity" and low performance, the Southbridge Public Schools went into state receivership Tuesday by a unanimous Board of Elementary and Secondary Education vote, becoming the third district in Massachusetts to be removed from local control. "We have a school

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T workers bank sick time to boost pensions, study says

BOSTON – Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority workers are in line for more than $49 million in collective retirement pay simply because they stashed away unused sick days, according to an analysis from the Pioneer Institute in Boston. Public records obtained by the policy research organization show that the T's

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Boston prosecutors drop charges against Iranian national in wake of nuclear deal

BOSTON –President Barack Obama's landmark nuclear deal with Iran is paying dividends for one criminal defendant charged in U.S. District Court in Boston with helping Iran in its efforts to acquire nuclear weapons. Not so for the Iranian man's alleged accomplice, a Chinese national.

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Drug addiction in the Bay State

BOSTON – In Thursday night's State of the Commonwealth Address, Gov. Charlie Baker called for bold actions to break the back of the beast of addiction. Baker looks to disrupt a status-quo adherence to treatment plans that haven't proven successful in combating opioid and heroin use. He

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Common Core supporters sue to prevent vote

BOSTON – Supporters of Common Core sued Friday to prevent Massachusetts voters from having an opportunity to weigh in on whether the Commonwealth should keep or scrap the controversial federal standards. The 10 plaintiffs – including a former education commissioner, business leaders, parents and one teacher – filed suit against Attorney General Maura