STATE HOUSE — For the second consecutive year, University of Massachusetts students will face rising tuition costs as officials take steps to close an $85 million budget shortfall at a time of growing interest in public higher education.
The UMass Board of Trustees met in Worcester Thursday to consider tuition and fee increases, settling on a 5.8 percent tuition increase that will cost the average in-state undergraduate students $756 more in student charges before financial aid.
BOSTON — The Massachusetts House on Thursday unanimously approved a bill supporters claim will narrow the so-called wage gap by increasing transparency and establishing guidelines for courts adjudicating claims of wage discrimination.
The measure amends existing state law, which has prohibited wage discrimination since 1945, to outlaw workplace policies that prevent workers from comparing compensation.
