9 February 2012, 5:15 pm
Massachusetts is one of 10 states that will be granted a waiver from key provisions of the federal education law known as the No Child Left Behind Act, according to the White House.... Read More »
9 February 2012, 3:44 pm
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has accused President Obama of attacking religious freedom because of a federal mandate requiring insurers to cover contraception. But Romney, who overhauled the Massachusetts health care system, did not change an almost identical mandate in Massachusetts.... Read More »
9 February 2012, 10:57 am
Massachusetts will receive nearly $318 million from a national settlement announced Thursday with mortgage lenders over abusive foreclosure practices, Attorney General Martha Coakley said.... Read More »
9 February 2012, 10:38 am
Massachusetts is one of 10 states that will be granted a waiver from key provisions of the federal education law known as the No Child Left Behind Act, according to the White House.... Read More »
9 February 2012, 7:16 am
President Obama is expected to announce this afternoon that Massachusetts and nine other states will be granted a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind Law -- a move that should enable Massachusetts to focus more intently on the schools with the greatest academic needs.... Read More »
9 February 2012, 6:54 am
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is expected to join a landmark $26 billion "global" settlement that...... Read More »
8 February 2012, 4:23 pm
Massachusetts public health officials have called together patient safety leaders to determine why hospitals reported a high rate of surgical infections among women who received vaginal hysterectomies over the past two years.... Read More »
8 February 2012, 1:14 am
The Massachusetts delegation called upon their congressional colleagues this afternoon to support a permanent fix to a controversial Medicare formula that would cut payments to doctors by nearly 30 percent if left alone. A full repeal of the flawed formula, known as the sustainable growth rate, is p... Read More »
7 February 2012, 3:36 pm
(Reuters) - Two former Massachusetts recreation officials admitted in a plea deal on Tuesday that they allowed swimmers to frolic in a murky pool where a drowned woman's submerged body lay unnoticed for two days, court officials said. While not charged directly in the woman's drowning, the t... Read More »
6 February 2012, 3:08 pm
Massachusetts, California and New York were considering Monday whether to join most other states in backing a long-awaited settlement with banks over foreclosure abuses. The deal would require the five largest mortgage lenders to reduce loans for about 1 million households. State attorneys general h... Read More »
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