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Westport voters agreed to a debt exclusion that will fund the construction of a new school that will house grades 5-12 and open by the 2021-22 school year.

For a second consecutive year Massachusetts lawmakers may deny consumers a chance to shop without paying the state's 6.25 percent sales tax.

They are sprouting up like zucchini in the garden. You can find on-line K-12 government and private schools. Government on-line schools don't have a tuition, the majority are Common Core affiliated and exist nationwide. There are now a plethora of religious, non-religious, STEM and artistic oriented on-line schools...

How does it make you feel, learning that the UMASS system is expanding, holding billions of dollars in assets, are providing out of state tuition breaks with your tax dollars. About $22 million, according to the Pioneer Institute's Greg Sullivan...

How do middle class taxpayers and retirees feel when they see food stamp recipients buying more food off the public dole than they, themselves, can afford for their family? Check out On Your Mind, Monday, a by-product of Brian's Beat.

New Bedford City Councilors say they want to be more involved in the city's budget process and listed some possible reform measures Tuesday evening.

The House Oversight Committee backed legislation on May 19th that would limit the expenses paid for former U.S. presidents who make more than $400,000 a year. If an ex-president makes over $600,000 a year, they wouldn't get any federal funds for office expenses or travel at all...