(RNS) — An Iranian-American pastor released by Iran last weekend is expected back in the U.S. after more than three years in prison there.
Saeed Abedini, who since has been at a U.S. military hospital in Germany, is scheduled to arrive on American soil Thursday (Jan. 21) evening, according to a Facebook post made Wednesday by his wife, Naghmeh Abedini. She described him in "very good condition."
STATE HOUSE — Facing the pressure of a ballot question and without a guarantee that he can wrestle enough support for charter school expansion, Senate President Stanley Rosenberg said Wednesday that a new group of senators will try to write a charter school reform bill that could clear that branch later this year.
Charter school advocates and Gov. Charlie Baker, who has made expanding access to charter schools a top priority, have been waiting for the Senate to wrap up an internal debate over whether it made sense to try again to pass charter school legislation two years after a bill lifting the cap fell to defeat.
