The Massachusetts Secretary of Education reflected back on the schools’ progress under the first years of the Healey administration and the challenges still ahead in a “State of Education” address Thursday — looking back over pandemic recovery, the post-MCAS requirement future and more.
Politics
Ex-Massachusetts state Senator Dean Tran to spend extra month in prison for sham job offer scheme
Already imprisoned state Senator Dean Tran will spend an extra month in federal prison for faking a job offer in a ploy to keep milking taxpayers for unemployment benefits he wasn’t entitled to.
CPCS petitions SJC to release jailed defendants amid attorney shortage
Amid a spiraling shortage of court-appointed defense attorneys, the state’s top court is being asked to release jailed indigent defendants left without lawyers — including more than a dozen in Middlesex County — as hundreds of people statewide remain unrepresented.
MassDOT worried people aren’t paying attention ahead of major road work
Officials at MassDOT have their fingers crossed hoping that people are paying attention to their weekend traffic warnings.
Pot cafe rules near completion, could be in force by October
Almost nine years after the state moved to allow adults to use marijuana recreationally, rules for how Amsterdam-style pot cafes will operate in the Bay State are finally coming into focus and could be in place by Halloween.
Group gets $250K to address health equity in Ayer
AYER — As the Nashoba Valley Region continues to grapple with the loss of a hospital, a local group received a three-year, $250,000 grant to bolster health equity in Ayer, the Healey administration announced Wednesday. The Health Equity Partnership of North Central Massachusetts will use the funding to create a coalition to address the underlying […]
