With the Bay State’s 11 presidential electors set to cast their votes for Hillary Clinton later in the day, dozens of protesters gathered outside the State House on Monday morning in hopes of sending a message to electors from other states. Ralliers carried signs with messages like “Dump Trump” and “Love Trumps Hate,” and said […]
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STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS – MORNING EDITION – MONDAY, DEC. 19, 2016
STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS – MORNING EDITION – MONDAY, DEC. 19, 2016 STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE JOYCE WON’T DELIVER FAREWELL REMARKS MONDAY Milton Sen. Brian Joyce will not deliver farewell remarks on Monday as planned due to a medical situation involving someone in his family, according to a spokesman for Senate President Stanley Rosenberg. Sens. Benjamin […]
STATE ED BOARD REVISITING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ASSESSMENTS
As Massachusetts overhauls its standardized student assessment program, the state education commissioner is proposing new methods of testing high schoolers, including the eventual addition of history and social science tests as a graduation requirement. Commissioner Mitchell Chester plans to present to the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education on Tuesday a series of policy recommendat…