MINORITY AND LOW-INCOME students are more likely than white and better-off students to have changed college plans due the pandemic, according to new results from a poll conducted by the […]
Minority, low-income students more likely to have changed college plans
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Bill limiting local police and ICE interaction moves forward
A CONTROVERSIAL BILL that would limit communications between law enforcement entities in Massachusetts and federal immigration authorities is moving forward on Beacon Hill. Rep. Harold Naughton, co-chair of the Joint […]
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Covidiots don’t comply with mask orders, leaving officials, public frustrated
IT’S THE MOMENT where you’re not quite sure of what to do. Someone is standing in line outside of a restaurant, or walks into an elevator next to you, mask down […]
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Covidiots don’t comply with mask orders, leaving officials, public frustrated
It’s the moment where you’re not quite sure of what to do. Someone is standing in line outside of a restaurant, or walks into an elevator next to you, mask […]
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Lawmakers urged dig deeper on Holyoke Soldiers’ Home reforms
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WHEN GOV. CHARLIE BAKER filed a bill proposing oversight and governance reforms at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home after the deaths of at least 76 veteran residents […]
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Boston granting relief to businesses that pay rent to city
WITH THE PANDEMIC shutdown wreaking havoc on hundreds of businesses across Boston, city officials are stepping up to provide relief to one group of enterprises with a direct tie to […]
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Trump administration reverses course on international student ban
IN A STUNNING reversal, the Trump administration has agreed to abandon its earlier order for international students to leave the country if their college or university is only offering online […]
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Healey sues Uber, Lyft for misclassifying drivers
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against ride-hailing platforms Uber and Lyft accusing them of misclassifying drivers as independent contractors instead of employees. “Uber and Lyft have […]
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DeVos’s U-turn on local control of schools
IF THERE’S ONE thing her most fervent admirers and legion of detractors could probably agree on it is that Betsy DeVos is the picture of a doctrinaire conservative. The polarizing […]
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DeVos’s U-turn on local control of schools
If there’s one thing her most fervent admirers and legion of detractors could probably agree on it is that Betsy DeVos is the picture of a doctrinaire conservative. The polarizing […]
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Don’t let pandemic stifle bold transportation policy
WE ARE IN a crisis, with little apparent prospect of advancing toward a better future. It’s not COVID-19 I’m talking about, not directly. But all things converge, and the state […]
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Senate passes police reform bill in marathon session
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE SENATE OVERCAME a difficult rollout and several false starts to pass a far-reaching reform of policing in Massachusetts on Tuesday that would ban chokeholds, limit […]
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State quietly restores plastic bag bans
ON FRIDAY NIGHT — a time often reserved for releasing bad or controversial news — the Department of Public Health quietly lifted the state’s ban on reusable bags in grocery stores and […]
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Michael Curry: Waging a duel-front war on the pandemic and racism
THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS have been dominated by two seismic issues convulsing the nation — the global coronavirus pandemic and a burgeoning movement for racial justice. For Michael Curry, that’s meant […]
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Senate must not back down on police reform bill
THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY and racial justice legislation being debated by the state Senate has been held up over several days by a few, with loud voices, who feel that […]
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Voting rights groups sue Galvin over mail-in voting
VOTING RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS are asking the Supreme Judicial Court to force Secretary of State William Galvin to send out applications for mail-in ballots this week – even though Galvin says […]
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Healey, fellow AGs sue ICE over international student ban
MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL Maura Healey on Monday joined more than a dozen other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to stop a new federal rule that threatens to bar […]
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Parents take stock of the school year that was (or wasn’t)
SCHOOL’S OUT FOR the summer. Is school out forever? Parents hope not, describing very mixed experiences with the remote learning experience that began in March. The MassINC Polling Group recently […]
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Michael Curry: Waging a duel-front war on the pandemic and racism
THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS have been dominated by two seismic issues convulsing the nation — the global coronavirus pandemic and a burgeoning movement for racial justice. For Michael Curry, that’s meant […]
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Michael Curry: Waging a duel-front war on the pandemic and racism
The last several months have been dominated by two seismic issues convulsing the nation — the global coronavirus pandemic and a burgeoning movement for racial justice. For Michael Curry, that’s […]
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Faneuil Hall merchants demand more rent relief
MERCHANTS AT Faneuil Hall Marketplace, devastated by months with no income during the coronavirus shutdown and now seeing only a trickle of business return after their July 1 reopening, are […]
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Here’s how we can build better police departments
PROTEST MARCHES AND disturbing headlines on officer practices have cast a harsh spotlight on US police departments. As painful as recent events have been, this is also an opportunity for […]
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Senate to tackle transportation with borrowing, not taxes
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE THE SENATE WILL NOT take up a House-approved, half billion-dollar package of transportation tax and fee increases this lawmaking session, instead focusing attention on an omnibus […]
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Massachusetts Phase 3 reopening plan is hardly ‘Vigilant’
ON MONDAY, MASSACHUSETTS entered Phase 3 of its reopening plan, which Gov. Baker’s people have code-named “Vigilant.” It includes movie theaters, gyms, entertainment venues, casinos, and larger gatherings. This is […]