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Marylou Sudders named Baker’s HHS chief
BOB SALSBERG, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Marylou Sudders, a former state mental health commissioner and chief executive of the Massachusetts Society...
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Study: schools punish more minorities
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts public schools punish a disproportionately high number of minorities and students with disabilities with out-of-school suspensions, putting them...
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771Gov.-elect Baker names chief of staff, environmental chief
BOB SALSBERG, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Steven Kadish, a Northeastern University administrator who served under former Republican Gov. Mitt Romney, was...
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Protesters hope rally will help kill pipeline
AMY CRAWFORD, Associated Press FITCHBURG (AP) — Several hundred people packed a high school auditorium Saturday to rally against a proposed pipeline...
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Campaign over, Baker adopts measured tone
STEVE LeBLANC, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — During his campaign for governor, Charlie Baker repeatedly criticized Martha Coakley for defending the state...
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Ex-probation official gets 18 months
PHILIP MARCELO, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Former state probation commissioner John O’Brien, who was convicted of rigging the agency’s hiring process...
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State officials to be sentenced in corruption case
PHILIP MARCELO, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Three former officials in the state Probation Department were to be sentenced on charges they...
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852Gov. Patrick issues commutation and pardons
PHILIP MARCELO, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Deval Patrick made his first pardons on Monday as he prepares to leave office...
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635Baker, legislative leaders promise cooperation
PHILIP MARCELO, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Following private meetings at the State House yesterday morning, Republican Gov.-elect Charlie Baker and Democratic...
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647Gateway Superintendent’s Corner
I’ve shared the date, time, and general parameters of the upcoming Needs Conference, which will be led by the Department of Elementary...
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Prosecutors seek prison terms in probation case
BOB SALSBERG, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors yesterday recommended that former state probation commissioner John O’Brien be sentenced to nearly...
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624State income tax rate could fall to 5.15 percent
STEVE LeBLANC, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts taxpayers are looking at a likely cut in the state’s income tax rate —...
