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Holyoke Schools Declared Level 5, State Takes Control

April 28, 2015 By thegreenmiles 66 Comments

Via Michelle Williams of MassLiveNews.com: "BREAKING: The state board of education declares Holyoke Public Schools a 'chronically underperforming' Level 5 district, under state control." As Peter Balonon-Rosen reports for WBUR, Holyoke … [Read more...]

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More Coal Closures in Midwest – When Will MA Go Coal-Free?

February 25, 2013 By thegreenmiles 12 Comments

The Sierra Club is announcing a big victory for clean air and climate action in the Midwest today: Today a coalition of citizen groups, states and U.S. EPA announced a landmark settlement agreement with American Electric Power (AEP) … [Read more...]

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DemDoors: Western Massachusetts Coordinated Campaign Office Opening and Fundraiser

August 27, 2012 By vegaforholyoke 1 Comment

Saturday, August 25, goes down in the books as a banner day for Team Vega. In the morning, we celebrated the opening of the Coordinated Campaign Western Massachusetts headquarters at Open Square. More than 80 folks showed up to hear Lt. … [Read more...]

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Baker’s Scooby Doo Ghost Office

October 23, 2010 By akloftus 6 Comments

Channel 3 in Springfield went on a mission to uncover the mystery of Charlie Baker’s phantom Western Mass campaign office, which his aides have tweeted about, but nobody in Western Mass has ever heard of, or seen … until … [Read more...]

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The Other Progressive Pat

August 21, 2005 By cos Leave a Comment

Herewith the latest from Cos, with which he dramatically increases our previously almost nonexistent western Mass. coverage!  -DavidNorthampton is going to have several contested elections this fall, including apparently a 4-way race … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: election-2005, holyoke, massachusetts, pat-duffy, pioneer-valley, western-mass

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Just a reminder that Massachusetts is going to unlimited capacity indoor dining starting tomorrow while the CDC begs us not to, and it’s super embarrassing that no one can articulate a justification why other than 🤷🏻‍♂️ 🤷🏻‍♂️ 🤷🏻‍♂️

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I’ve never seen a president do this before. This is extraordinary. https://twitter.com/potus/status/1366191901196644354

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Workers in Alabama – and all across America – are voting on whether to organize a union in their workplace. It’s a vitally important choice – one that should be made without intimidation or threats by employers.

Every worker should have a free and fair choice to join a union.

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