In her remarks to the National Education Association annual assembly in early July, NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia told the gathering that "we believe that support for public education and public services should never be partisan."
A state judge who prosecutors say helped an illegal immigrant elude federal agents at a Newton courthouse will get back pay and start drawing her normal salary without working while she remains suspended.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled 5-1 on Tuesday that Shelley M. Richmond Joseph, who is under a federal indictment for obstruction of justice, must get back pay and benefits but cannot return to work even in an administrative capacity while her case is pending. The decision upends a ruling the same court made less than four months ago.
