Since 2008, tuition at Massachusetts public four year colleges has increased more than 21 percent, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. In June, the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees voted to raise tuition and fees for the 2015-16 academic year by more than 5 percent.
Students, faculty, Senate President Stan Rosenberg (D-Amherst) and Republican Governor Charlie Baker all called for the hike to be rescinded. With in-state residential students at UMass-Amherst paying $25,674 this year, the Trustees should listen.
BOSTON – In the wake of the New York attorney general's cease and desist order shutting down daily fantasy sports sites like DraftKings and FanDuel in that neighboring state, Gov. Charlie Baker and Attorney General Maura Healey appear to be at odds over whether playing daily fantasy sports is gambling.
Baker told reporters Thursday that he played a free DraftKings game on his phone last weekend — he drafted Tom Brady as his quarterback — and said, "I don't think it's gambling. It's a game of skill."
