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ICYMI: Suit to block Education Department closure expanded amid agency transfers plans
11/28/2025

ICYMI: Suit to block Education Department closure expanded amid agency transfers plans

In May, a federal judge in Massachusetts granted a preliminary injunction in the consolidated case, blocking the administration’s efforts, including a reduction in force effort at the agency.

ICYMI: Ballot measures must clear courts, lawmakers, and voters
11/28/2025

ICYMI: Ballot measures must clear courts, lawmakers, and voters

As the secretary of state's office certifies hundreds of thousands of signatures submitted on behalf of the proposed 2026 ballot questions, campaigns and ballot initiative veterans estimate about half...

COURTS: In May, a federal judge in Massachusetts granted a preliminary injunction in the consolidated case, blocking the...
11/28/2025

COURTS: In May, a federal judge in Massachusetts granted a preliminary injunction in the consolidated case, blocking the administration’s efforts, including a reduction in force effort at the agency.

In May, a federal judge in Massachusetts granted a preliminary injunction in the consolidated case, blocking the administration’s efforts, including a reduction in force effort at the agency.

☀️ Good morning, Massachusetts! Here are today's most popular stories:1. ‘They’re making a huge bet’: Rent control refer...
11/28/2025

☀️ Good morning, Massachusetts! Here are today's most popular stories:

1. ‘They’re making a huge bet’: Rent control referendum splits progressives

If a campaign to instate rent control across the Commonwealth makes it to the ballot, voters will need to weigh whether every municipality should adopt a measure more stringent than earlier attempts by...

OPINION: The Gettysburg Address (revised)
11/28/2025

OPINION: The Gettysburg Address (revised)

President Abraham Lincoln delivered his 272-word Gettysburg Address during the Civil War on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Gettysburg

BALLOT QUESTIONS: As the secretary of state's office certifies hundreds of thousands of signatures submitted on behalf o...
11/28/2025

BALLOT QUESTIONS: As the secretary of state's office certifies hundreds of thousands of signatures submitted on behalf of the proposed 2026 ballot questions, campaigns and ballot initiative veterans estimate about half of the questions could be vulnerable to legal challenges, though not all may materialize.

As the secretary of state's office certifies hundreds of thousands of signatures submitted on behalf of the proposed 2026 ballot questions, campaigns and ballot initiative veterans estimate about half...

ICYMI: Controversial curriculum swept up in literacy reform debate
11/27/2025

ICYMI: Controversial curriculum swept up in literacy reform debate

Science-of-reading advocates describe the activity as a "back-door effort"

OPINION: President Abraham Lincoln delivered his 272-word Gettysburg Address during the Civil War on November 19, 1863, ...
11/27/2025

OPINION: President Abraham Lincoln delivered his 272-word Gettysburg Address during the Civil War on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery near where 50,000 soldiers died four [& #8230;]

President Abraham Lincoln delivered his 272-word Gettysburg Address during the Civil War on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Gettysburg

ICYMI: State audit claims 2023 maternity unit closure in Leominster was preventable
11/27/2025

ICYMI: State audit claims 2023 maternity unit closure in Leominster was preventable

The issue appears to be a spat about accounting records, but it highlights the struggles health providers had during the height of the first COVID waves, when frontline medical personnel were stretched...

EDUCATION: Science-of-reading advocates describe the activity as a "back-door effort"
11/27/2025

EDUCATION: Science-of-reading advocates describe the activity as a "back-door effort"

Science-of-reading advocates describe the activity as a "back-door effort"

☀️ Good morning, Massachusetts! Here are today's most popular stories:1. Ballot measures must clear courts, lawmakers, a...
11/27/2025

☀️ Good morning, Massachusetts! Here are today's most popular stories:

1. Ballot measures must clear courts, lawmakers, and voters

As the secretary of state's office certifies hundreds of thousands of signatures submitted on behalf of the proposed 2026 ballot questions, campaigns and ballot initiative veterans estimate about half...

HEALTH CARE: The issue appears to be a spat about accounting records, but it highlights the struggles health providers h...
11/27/2025

HEALTH CARE: The issue appears to be a spat about accounting records, but it highlights the struggles health providers had during the height of the first COVID waves, when frontline medical personnel were stretched thin, and how the business of health care has made it increasingly difficult to deliver services like maternity care across the state.

The issue appears to be a spat about accounting records, but it highlights the struggles health providers had during the height of the first COVID waves, when frontline medical personnel were stretched...

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