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Mitchell Chester
Written by Andy Metzger Citing his chairmanship of the board governing a new standardized testing system, a think tank has called for the Massachusetts education commissioner to recuse himself from the process of determining whether to adopt that new system.
MassHealth
Written by Andy Metzger The annual state budget compromise agreed to Tuesday by a six-member conference committee would eliminate a corporate tax break that has been suspended every year since its inception to pay for increased tax credits to low-income workers.
GOP
Written by Steve Peoples CHICAGO (AP) — Republican presidential contender Marco Rubio called for lower corporate tax rates, looser Internet regulation and broader college accreditation on Tuesday, in an economic policy speech that denounced the old ways of both political parties yet drew from the longstanding GOP belief that tax cuts
No child left behind
Written by Jennifer C. Kerr WASHINGTON (AP) — It's something most Democrats and Republicans in Congress can agree on — an update to the Bush-era No Child Left Behind education law is much needed and long overdue.
Governor Charlie Baker
By Michael P. Norton The new fiscal year dawned Wednesday morning without a new state budget in place and it appears an accord won't be ratified before the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Charlie Baker
Written by Eddie Pells Boston's mayor delivered a harsh blow to the city's effort to host the 2024 Olympics on Monday when he declared he wouldn't sign any document "that puts one dollar of taxpayers money on the line for one penny of
justice department
Written by Eric Tucker and Matthew Lee WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal investigators have alerted the Justice Department to a "potential compromise of classified information" arising from the private email server used by former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in her home, a department official said Friday.
Iraq
Written by Sameer N. Yacoub and Vivian Salama BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi government forces recaptured Anbar University from the Islamic State militant group Sunday after hours of fierce clashes, provincial officials said, as part of its push to reclaim territory across the embattled province.
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