EDUCATION: Half of Holyoke’s middle school students started the year at a new school. The other half were ‘left behind.’

ICYMI: Half of Holyoke’s middle school students started the year at a new school. The other half were ‘left behind.’

ENERGY: House energy chair signals effort to dial back 2030 climate commitments

ICYMI: House energy chair signals effort to dial back 2030 climate commitments

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ENVIRONMENT: Boston council urges city to join federal program offering flood insurance discounts

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT: After a Prop 2 ½ defeat last year, Melrose passes $13.5 million override

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OPINION: Lawmakers must resist the misleading call to mandate ‘evidence-based’ literacy curriculum

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ICYMI: After a Prop 2 ½ defeat last year, Melrose passes $13.5 million override

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COURTS: Bar advocate work stoppage becomes an SJC separation-of-powers conundrum

ICYMI: Bar advocate work stoppage becomes an SJC separation-of-powers conundrum

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ICYMI: DTA: Some food aid recipients will see benefits drop to ‘zero’

NEW: Social pot consumption vote could come by Christmas

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ECONOMY: Unions: Buyout talks could affect 2,000+ state workers

ICYMI: Competitive mayoral races abound, just not in Boston

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ICYMI: Municipalities warn Beacon Hill they’ll need to slow down solar projects due to state limit

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ICYMI: Teachers Know How to Fix the Reading Crisis. The House Listened, and Now It’s the Senate’s Turn #OPINION

POLITICS: Competitive mayoral races abound, just not in Boston

The courts, public defenders, and prosecutors all acknowledged that the pay rates are not high enough to attract the number of bar advocates needed to handle all of the criminal cases involving indigent defendants. The question is, who has the authority to do something about it?

COURTS: The crisis over Mass. bar advocate pay is far from over, but should the state's highest court ignore lawmakers and set new wages, or stay out of it? buff.ly/jm2wYl9

OPINION: "As a former teacher, I’m often wary of top-down policies. But teachers across our state have consistently told me they want materials and strategies backed by research that will help their students succeed." buff.ly/WtDPCej

ENERGY: Municipalities warn Beacon Hill they’ll need to slow down solar projects due to state limit

ICYMI: Survey: Mass. business confidence stuck in longest rut since pandemic

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OPINION: WHEN A veteran AP biology teacher from Boston Public Schools works with high school juniors and seniors, he sees bright students who understand complex concepts but struggle to read their […]

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ICYMI: SJC considers whether charter schools must obey public records laws

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ICYMI: State board eyes early 2026 vote on three-year bachelor’s degree

ICYMI: Top Dems rally around effort to thwart federal Constitutional Convention