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Mother of Holyoke cannabis worker that died testifies before state committee
One of the people that testified was Laura Bruneau, the mother of Lorna McMurrey, who was working at a now-closed Holyoke ...
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Public weighs in at hearing for Mass. budget plan
An important piece of the budget process played out Tuesday on Beacon Hill. Advocates, organizers and Bay Staters in general ...
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Students testify to state lawmakers about impact of funding deficits and class sizes
The testimony from students follows recent calls by K-12 education advocates in Massachusetts for the state to rethink the ...
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Joint Transportation Panel Hears How Chapter 90 Bill Helps Berkshires, State
A bill proposed by Gov. Maura Healey would bring $5.3 million more in state Chapter 90 road aid to the Berkshires. Testimony ...
Mass. Gov. Healey seeks $756 million for ‘time-sensitive deficiencies’
On the eve of a legislative hearing on her surtax surplus plan, Gov. Maura Healey submitted another spending bill for the ...
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Ways and Means Committee questions school funding, local aid at packed hearing
AMHERST — The Healey administration’s education leadership was grilled by the Joint Ways & Means Committee ... hearing on school funding and local aid, hosted by the University of ...
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1,000 Amherst regional students greet education officials, legislators in advance of legislative hearing on school funding
Starting about 30 minutes before a Joint Ways and Means Committee hearing inside the Campus ... learning more about how education is funded in Massachusetts, and how their voices could be heard ...
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Legislators: State’s school funding formula has ‘left us out,’ call for changes at hearing held at UMass
Jo Comerford, D-Northampton, said during a Joint Committee on Ways and Means hearing Monday at the Campus Center at the University of Massachusetts. Comerford made an appeal for immediately ...