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Everything is different due to COVID-19. The public schools are trying to figure out the new world. Teachers are an asset and they must be protected.

The battle between the budget and public safety has always been an issue, but COVID-19 has made it more intense. Current civil unrest adds more instability.

Guest writer Joyce Rowley wonders why the public is being kept out of the loop with the proposed privatization of the Buttonwood Park Zoo.

The school buildings are closed in Massachusetts. The teachers who are working remotely to deliver education to their students are subsidizing their employers.

A public health professor allegedly overstated her team's time and effort working on NIH grants.

New Bedford has a responsibility to hold public hearings on the closure of a city charter school. What happened to the taxpayers' money?

Massachusetts public schools and charter schools are funded by the taxpayers. Traditional public schools have elected school committees and charters do not.

A free buffet on us!

The granting of residency waivers to New Bedford city employees has a been contentious issue for years. Now the city council may be forced to address it.

The communities of Massachusetts must fight to retain ownership of their licenses for recreational marijuana sales. They are valuable community assets.