(CNSNews.com) – Accusing the Obama administration of a new "effort to put daylight between the United States and Israel," Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Monday introduced legislation aimed at annulling what he called a "nonsensical" directive on labeling goods produced in the territories disputed between Israel and the Palestinians.
"That directive plays right into the hands of those who are driving insidious efforts to boycott Israeli goods," he said in a statement.
BOSTON – A deal that ensured state funding to cover half the cost of attending the University of Massachusetts provided the school froze tuition and fees is history, according to the Springfield Republican's MassLive.com site.
"We're certainly open to talking about some more stable and longer term approaches to funding UMass, but at this point we can't commit to funding 50:50," state Education Secretary Jim Peyser said in an interview published Monday. He was referring to an arrangement struck previously by former Gov. Deval Patrick and Robert Caret, then the head of the UMass system.
