By Jesse Liebman -- March 5, 2010 Boston education officials announced Thursday that staff at six schools will have to reapply for their jobs and five principals will be replaced after the schools were identified along with three dozen statewide that will likely be declared "underperforming" and at risk to massive overhauls.
By Jesse Liebman -- March 5, 2010 U.S. Rep. William D. Delahunt is expected to announce Friday that he will not be seeking re-election to Congress, ending a 40-year career in elected office, and giving Republicans hope of capturing the 10th district.
By Anaridis Rodriguez -- March 3, 2010
The number of Massachusetts residents who use food stamps is increasing, but one ethnic group is still going hungry.
Over half a million Bay State residents are on food stamps and Latinos make up twenty five percent of that number.
But community leaders like Jenny Cintron, executive director of the Boston Hispanic Center, fear there are many more Latinos going hungry. She says Latino immigrants think they don't qualify for food assistance unless they are sworn citizens, a misconception she wants to eradicate.
By Anthony Howard -- March 2, 2010
Massachusetts students are more likely to stay in school this year. A new report released by the state department of education today shows the high school dropout rate dipped to 2.9 percent, the lowest it has been in a decade.
By Anaridis Rodriguez -- March 1, 2010 Beacon Hill lawmakers will be battling it out over marijuana. The Massachusetts legislature is considering a bill that would regulate and tax cannabis. This comes after Bay State residents voted to decriminalize possession of the drug.
By Anaridis Rodriguez -- March 1, 2010 Beacon Hill lawmakers will be battling it out over marijuana. The Massachusetts legislature is considering a bill that would regulate and tax cannabis. This comes after Bay State residents voted to decriminalize possession of the drug.
By Anaridis Rodriguez -- March 1, 2010 Beacon Hill lawmakers will be battling it out over marijuana. The Massachusetts legislature is considering a bill that would regulate and tax cannabis. This comes after Bay State residents voted to decriminalize possession of the drug.
By Gabrielle Tassone - March 1, 2010 A series of storms and hurricane-force winds last Thursday and Friday left thousands in the New England region without power through the weekend.
By Jesse Liebman -- February 26, 2010 Massachusetts immigrant advocates are filing suit against the state in an effort to get the state's Supreme Judicial Court to strike down a decision made last year by lawmakers to deny tens of thousands of legal immigrants access to subsidized insurance under the state's health care laws.
By Jesse Liebman -- February 26, 2010 A major winter storm will continue to cause coastal and inland flooding as melting snow and rain causes rivers to swell and heavy wind-driven seas to pummel the shoreline, and has left about 100,000 Massachusetts customers without power.
By Jesse Liebman -- February 26, 2010 New Hampshire firefighters say that a Hampton fire that began in an unoccupied oceanfront hotel and was fanned by winds of near hurricane force has destroyed an entire block.
By Anaridis Rodriguez - February 24, 2010
The smallest state is becoming the center of national attention over education. Four Rhode Island public schools are on the verge of being closed because of low performance. One of them is Roger Williams Middle School, which came under fire after over 70 percent of its students failed state proficiency tests.
By Jillian Farrel -- February 24, 2010 A Massachusetts legislative committee passed a bill on Tuesday that will attempt to significantly reduce bullying at schools.The bill is supported by the Joint Committee on Education and now heads to the Senate.
