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Common Core
By Michael Norton STATE HOUSE, BOSTON-As state education officials consider switching to a new exam that syncs up with national Common Core standards, activists and legislators are launching a ballot campaign with the goal of restoring the state's education standards from 2010.
Massachusetts
By Michael Norton and Andy Metzger STATE HOUSE-Massachusetts lawmakers were quick to stamp their approval on a compromise $38.1 billion budget unveiled on Tuesday night, approving it on Wednesday afternoon by votes of 153-1 in the House and 31-5 in the Senate.
Charlie Baker
DENVER (AP) – A person familiar with the bid says the U.S. Olympic Committee has given Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker until the end of the day Friday to declare whether he supports the movement to bring the 2024 Olympics to Boston. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Friday
Barack Obama
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama got a head start on turning a year older. Obama turns 54 on Tuesday.
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush is showing he has a sense of humor about falling at his Maine summer home and fracturing a bone in his neck. The 91-year-old tweeted a smiling photo showing him in a neck brace and giving two thumbs up Thursday. He
Donald Trump
Written by Lisa Lerer WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidates dismissed the dominance of Donald Trump in early primary polling, scrambling to position themselves days before their first debate.
John Boehner
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House narrowly passed a Republican-led rewrite of the Bush-era No Child Left Behind education law on Wednesday, voting to dramatically lessen the federal role in education policy for the nation's public schools. The bill, sponsored by Minnesota Rep. John Kline, gives states and local school
Carlos Rojas Alvarez
By Antonio Caban and Sam Doran STATE HOUSE-Immigration advocates, students and educators made emotional pleas to lawmakers Wednesday urging them to pass in-state tuition equality for all undocumented students, a bill which has seen its share of legislative hurdles in conjunction with the national debate about immigration rights.
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