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Question 2 on the Massachusetts ballot would eliminate the requirement that public school students pass the MCAS in order to get a diploma.
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We have a double Live Music Friday with west coast-based band French Cassettes and a Lucinda Williams tribute from local musicians. Plus, we walk through a list of 200 films produced here in the Bay State.
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Today on The Rundown, panelists weigh in on yesterday’s congressional debate, the expiration of a federal consent decree to govern hiring practices in police and fire departments, the rise in technology to combat graffiti and high-speed chases, and updates from the eviction of a Northampton ‘recovery camp.’
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Commentator Susan Johnson knows there's a lot to worry about these days, but she wonders if she —and we — sometimes worry about the wrong things.
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