Spring 2009 Articles

Massachusetts is funneling more and more money into special education, even as regular education students face big spending cuts. But there is little evidence that this huge investment is paying off.

With the speaker calling all the shots, freewheeling debate and dissent have all but vanished from the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Is there any hope for democracy in the General Court?

Energy efficiency and renewable power sources may be the future of electric power, but fossil fuel plants haven’t run out of steam.

Speedy replies are rare at government websites in Massachusetts.

Students work as their own maintenance staff at a North Carolina college