Sam Drysdale
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MCAS exam results from 2025 show little progress statewide. Some Berkshire schools among bright spots (opens the original)
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This story was updated with 89 percent of Lenox 10th graders scoring as meets or exceeds on the MCAS English language arts exam. BOSTON â Massachusetts students made little progress on this year's statewide MCAS exams, with reading and writing performance declining and raising questions about how schools and policymakers should respond. The results released Tuesday show 40 percent of students in grades 3 through 8 met or exceeded expectations in English language arts, down 2 percentage points
Gov. Healey and Republican rival Minogue both call for suspending the gas tax (opens the original)
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Days after her opponent called for suspension of the gas tax, Gov. Maura Healey proposed a two-month gas tax holiday Tuesday, saying she'll put election-season legislation before lawmakers to accomplish her goal. The proposal to suspend Massachusetts' 24-cent-per-gallon tax could set up a difficult fight over a tax that Beacon Hill lawmakers have repeatedly declined to suspend during periods of soaring gas prices, and House Speaker Ron Mariano indicated this week he has no desire to touch. Maria
(+) Gov. Healey and Republican rival Minogue both call for suspending the gas tax (opens the original)
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Days after her opponent called for suspension of the gas tax, Gov. Maura Healey proposed a two-month gas tax holiday Tuesday, saying she'll put election-season legislation before lawmakers to accomplish her goal. The proposal to suspend Massachusetts' 24-cent-per-gallon tax could set up a difficult fight over a tax that Beacon Hill lawmakers have repeatedly declined to suspend during periods of soaring gas prices, and House Speaker Ron Mariano indicated this week he has no desire to touch. Maria
Higher turnout expected for Massachusetts primary, Secretary of State William Galvin says (opens the original)
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BOSTON â Massachusetts will see higher turnout in next Tuesday's primary elections than it did in 2022, Secretary of State William Galvin predicted Thursday while urging voters who have not yet returned their mail-in ballots to avoid putting them in the mail and instead vote in person or use a drop box. Speaking at a press conference in the State Library, Galvin said 2026 turnout is difficult to project because voting habits have changed significantly since the last midterm primary. More voter
State Senate backs a reporter 'shield' law The Eagle didn't have in 2022 legal battle (opens the original)
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The state Senate on Thursday folded a reporters' shield into its public records overhaul, advancing a protection for journalists' confidential sources that The Berkshire Eagle has already gone to court to defend. The amendment, adopted as the Senate passed a bill opening more legislative records to the public, would stop the government from forcing journalists to identify confidential sources except in narrow circumstances. State Sen. Paul Mark (D-Becket) signed on as a co-sponsor. The Eagle's p
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