Mass › Media

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Mass › Education

• › Schools spend $1m to rehire retirees - Boston Globe
• › In Mass., even reform-lite is encouraging - Boston Herald
• › Our view: A way for Haverhill to win the school choice battle - Lawrence Eagle-Tribune
• › Rewarding teachers - Berkshire Eagle
• › State agency encourages local schools to regionalize - Brockton Enterprise
• › Patrick aide backs teacher pay overhaul - Boston Globe
• › School reform held back - Boston Globe
• › Business executives raise millions for Catholic school system - Boston Globe
• › Pittsfield Schools: Report release set - Berkshire Eagle

Mass › Better Government

• › Broker to return $37m to towns - Boston Globe
• › Lawmakers target $1b endowments - Boston Globe
• › Schools spend $1m to rehire retirees - Boston Globe
• › Newton mayor won't seek raise after all - Boston Globe
• › Patrick: Casinos plan could still fly - Boston Globe
• › Hey, big spenders - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
• › Mass transit gains new appreciation - Springfield Republican
• › Our view: Legislative secrecy an insult to public - Lawrence Eagle-Tribune
• › State agency encourages local schools to regionalize - Brockton Enterprise
• › Local cities and towns resist regional plans that cut costs - Brockton Enterprise

Mass › Economic Opportunity

• › The high cost of affordable housing - Boston Globe
• › Montigny proposing new, greatly expanded BCC campus for New Bedford - South Coast Today
• › CitiStat gives good input - Springfield Republican
• › Our view: Salem needs a long-term water plan - Lawrence Eagle-Tribune
• › The high cost of doing business - Fitchburg Sentinel and Enterprise
• › Budgeting based on results - Boston Globe
• › Economy in state outpaces U.S. growth - Boston Globe
• › 311 telephone system considered for city use - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
• › Pittsfield health costs up $1.6M - Berkshire Eagle
• › Economy beckons corporate tax reform - Boston Herald