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ENVIRO VOTE: The Senate passed its version of a $3.6 billion environmental bond bill on Wednesday – a package that would shore up vulnerable infrastructure and largely mirrors Gov. Healey’s proposed bill. Jordan Wolman has the details. |
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POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: South Hadley voters shot down a massive Prop 2½ override proposal, the state auditor asks the courts to stay out of a ballot question that would expand public records laws to the Legislature, and more communities bristle about data centers. Hallie Claflin, Chris Lisinski, Jordan Wolman report. |
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When Rickencia Clerveaux McClean's son was around 18 months old, she noticed he wasn't speaking the way she expected. He pointed instead of asking. He struggled with food textures. McClean looked ahead at his future in public school with some dread. |
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Fortunately, she said, there was an opening at Head Start at Action for Boston Community Development in Dorchester – the same program her younger sister had attended years before. Now her son is three, eating applesauce with his classmates and using his words. |
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"I feel like ABCD helped him navigate first before he was able to go to a public school," said McClean, whose 2-year-old daughter is enrolled there, too. "That's the best pathway for any kid who's having a difficult time on their own." |
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McClean, 27, is a student at Roxbury Community College working on the requisite classes for the nursing program. Head Start, she said, is what makes that possible. |
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She is among the lucky ones these days. Massachusetts has lost 1,300 Head Start slots over the last three years, as the federal government has level-funded the program, and there is worry that more seats could be in jeopardy. |
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The 60-year-old federally funded program for low-income families is navigating what advocates describe as a painful stretch of uncertainty. |
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The Trump administration's fiscal year 2027 budget request, released earlier this month, includes $12.3 billion for Head Start nationally – the same level as the prior two fiscal years. While that has forced programs to reduce the number of families they serve, it is a retreat from earlier signals that the administration might seek to eliminate the program entirely. |
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"It has been an incredibly unpredictable year, from both policy changes to funding instability," said Michelle Haimowitz, executive director of the Massachusetts Head Start Association, which advocates for Head Start programs in the state. "Flat funding itself is a pretty sharp cut to programs every year, given increasing costs from things like health care and rent and utilities, as well as the need to continue to raise wages for our educators." |
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ROMNEYCARE: Twenty years after Massachusetts passed landmark health care reform legislation that gave the state the highest rate of insurance coverage in the country, the leading players behind the law gathered in the same storied meeting hall where the 2006 bill was signed to celebrate their uncommon achievement as the state faces tremendous threats to its effort to maintain near-universal coverage. Michael Jonas has more. |
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OPINION: David Mancuso says Laurie Gagnon’s recent commentary promoting locally controlled “reciprocal accountability” as a framework for a new state graduation requirement is a “seductive argument,” but would leave the state’s most disadvantaged students behind. |
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BEACON HILL: The Massachusetts House released its 2027 budget proposal, a slimmer pitch than the governor’s proposal. Speaker Ron Mariano touted it as a "strong budget," but added several qualifiers, noting that it was "for a very, very difficult fiscal year, in a truly challenging economic environment." (State House News Service via WBUR) |
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CANNABIS: The owner of a Boston cannabis shop says “bureaucratic insanity” led to the store’s abrupt closure, criticizing the seizure of the company's bank account by the state Department of Revenue despite a substantial grant award and downplaying hundreds of thousands of dollars owed in back taxes and legal fees. (GBH News) |
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IMMIGRATION: A $5 million state initiative launched last year is providing free legal aid to immigrants. Guaranteeing legal support to people during immigration proceedings has been complicated because of the civil process and an attorney shortage. (The New Bedford Light) |
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TRANSPARENCY: A provision in Gov. Healey’s spending bill would block the public from viewing some birth records, death certificates, and marriage notices – tightening a Massachusetts law that has historically offered easy access to these uncertified records – citing fraud prevention and privacy. (The Boston Globe – paywall) |
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LAW ENFORCEMENT: Identity theft charges have been dismissed against a US Customs and Border Protection agent who filed a police complaint – citing reports of Plymouth police ignoring violations by drivers who wrapped their vehicles in Christmas lights – while posing as the town manager. (Plymouth Independent) |
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