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‘Bathroom bill’ foes ask House lawmakers to protect privacy

BOSTON – Opponents hit Beacon Hill Tuesday to rally against proposals that would mandate access to public bathrooms or changing rooms for individuals based on the gender of their choice, two weeks after the state Senate overwhelmingly passed a so-called bathroom bill and in anticipation of a vote as soon as

Massachusetts

Charter school expansion opponents plan ballot push

BOSTON – With proponents already investing heavily in a ballot campaign to knock down barriers to more charter schools, opponents of that proposal plan to launch their own ballot committee on Wednesday. Parents, educators, students and others aligned with The Campaign to Save Our Public Schools gathered outside the State House

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Conservatives remain divided on response to same-sex marriage

Four months after the Supreme Court held in Obergefell v. Hodges that states across the nation must recognize same-sex marriage, conservative opponents of the decision remain divided as to how best to respond, with some encouraging civil disobedience and others insisting on upholding the "rule of law." Earlier

Massachusetts

Common Core opponents make ballot campaign official

Written by Matt Murphy The decision by state education officials in 2010 to adopt the national Common Core standards for teaching subjects such as English and math would be rescinded under a ballot question proposed on Tuesday by opponents of the new national curriculum.