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Massachusetts Senate President Not Ready To Ditch MCAS As Graduation Requirement
Massachusetts should have a standardized test graduation requirement, according to Massachusetts Senate President Karen Spilka (D-Ashland). While Spilka said the graduation requirement doesn’t have to be passing the MCAS, as the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System is known, she doesn’t want to see it repealed unless the state can replace it with something better. “I cannot......
Maura Healey and Michelle Wu To Speak At Vatican Conference On Climate Change In May
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu plan to speak at an international conference on climate change in May. “Pope Francis will preside over the summit,” which is “organized by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences,” according to a press release issued Monday, April 22 from the......
Springfield Man Arrested For Fentanyl Trafficking
A Springfield resident, Emilio Garcia-Cappas, 27, has been arrested on charges in connection with fentanyl trafficking. Garcia-Cappas has been indicted on one count of conspiring to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and another count of distributing and possession with intent to distribute the same substance. Following his arrest late last week, Garcia-Cappas appeared......
Maura Healey Approval Rating At 59 Percent As Governor of Massachusetts, Poll Finds
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has a positive approval rating, according to a new Morning Consult poll. The poll looked at the approval ratings of governors across the country and found that 59 percent of Bay Staters approve of the incumbent Democrat, while 28 percent disapprove; 13 percent didn’t know what they thought of Healey’s job......
MassGOP State Senator To Appear On Keller At Large This Weekend
A conservative state legislator is scheduled to be on CBS Boston this upcoming weekend. State Senator Peter Durant (R-Spencer) is set to appear on the channel at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, April 21 alongside host Jon Keller; Keller hosts a show called Keller at Large. Durant is expected to discuss the state budget, local aid, Proposition 2......
Transgender New Hampshire High School Track Runner Wins Two Events At Meet This Week
A male athlete won two events at a girls’ high school track meet in New Hampshire this week. Kearsarge Regional sophomore Maelle Jacques won the 1600-meter (5:42.69) and the high jump (5 feet) at a five-team meet on Tuesday, April 16, according to The Concord Monitor. Jacques, a male who identifies as transgender and competes in......
Arnold Arboretum Officials Plan Restoration of Five Gates
Harvard University is planning to restore five gates into Arnold Arboretum in order to improve their beauty and accessibility. The gates have deteriorated since the 281-acre botanical public park in the Jamaica Plain and Roslindale neighborhoods of Boston opened in 1872, said Danny Schissler, a Harvard employee and head of operations and project management of......
Joe Biden Touts Support From Bernie Sanders
President Joe Biden touted his support from U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) on X, commonly known as Twitter, this week. Biden posted a video of Sanders expressing support for Biden on the social media platform. “You may have disagreements with President Biden,” Sanders said in the video. “I certainly do. But if you believe in......
Donald Trump Would Beat Taylor Swift In A Landslide, UMass Lowell Poll Says
A national political poll from UMass Lowell asked a hypothetical question — and the results were overwhelming. If Taylor Swift were the Democratic nominee for president, how would she fare? Not well, it turns out. In a hypothetical three-way race among Swift, former President Donald Trump, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump would win in......
New Hampshire GOP Candidate For Governor Calls Maura Healey ‘Soft On Crime’
New Hampshire candidate for governor Kelly Ayotte called Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey “soft on crime” after police said a man driving a car with Massachusetts license plates robbed a mailman in southern New Hampshire. “Shocker: Mass. license plate involved in Nashua robbery,” Ayotte said on the social media platform widely known as Twitter on Wednesday,......
MassGOP Voices Support For Israel Amid Iranian Attacks
After Iran launched over 300 drones and missiles toward Israel last weekend, the Massachusetts Republican Party has been standing with Israel. “Israel has consistently expressed their desire for peace. Hamas holds the key to ending the loss of thousands of lives by releasing the Israeli hostages, yet they persist in refusal, only seeking one outcome:......
