![BOSTON – For supporters of a comprehensive sexual health education curriculum who have never found a receptive audience in the Massachusetts House, maybe the fourth time will be the charm. Before advancing student nutrition and gender-neutral records bills, the state Senate on Thursday approved legislation requiring school districts that offer sex education to deploy medically […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/low-z-masks.jpg?w=66 "BOSTON – For supporters of a comprehensive sexual health education curriculum who have never found a receptive audience in the Massachusetts House, maybe the fourth time will be the charm. Before advancing student nutrition and gender-neutral records bills, the state Senate on Thursday approved legislation requiring school districts that offer sex education to deploy medically […]")
Senate approves new sexual health education curriculum standards
BOSTON – For supporters of a comprehensive sexual health education curriculum who have never found a receptive audience in the Massachusetts House, maybe the fourth time will be the charm....
![BOSTON – Buoyed by a passenger surge in July, Massachusetts Port Authority officials are optimistic that the return of air travel through Logan International Airport is outpacing their earlier projections even as the Delta variant portends a forthcoming slowdown. In July, Logan served 2.6 million travelers, beating the agency’s 1.67 million estimate by 55 percent, […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/massport001.jpg?w=110 "BOSTON – Buoyed by a passenger surge in July, Massachusetts Port Authority officials are optimistic that the return of air travel through Logan International Airport is outpacing their earlier projections even as the Delta variant portends a forthcoming slowdown. In July, Logan served 2.6 million travelers, beating the agency’s 1.67 million estimate by 55 percent, […]")
![BOSTON – Of the 23,212 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Massachusetts over the last two weeks, more than 20 percent occurred in people in their 20s and almost 13 percent of the cases were detected in children younger than 10, the Department of Public Health said Wednesday. DPH announced 1,821 new cases of COVID-19 […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/celticsnl34.jpg?w=132 "BOSTON – Of the 23,212 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Massachusetts over the last two weeks, more than 20 percent occurred in people in their 20s and almost 13 percent of the cases were detected in children younger than 10, the Department of Public Health said Wednesday. DPH announced 1,821 new cases of COVID-19 […]")
![MALDEN – While teachers’ unions and education reform groups call for reducing or outright eliminating the role of the MCAS standardized exam in K-12 schools, a business-backed group said the tests must remain in place because they play a crucial role in tracking and closing opportunity gaps across districts. Ed Lambert, executive director of the […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20190425_BREAKINGNEWSManwanted-p1-10.jpg?w=132 "MALDEN – While teachers’ unions and education reform groups call for reducing or outright eliminating the role of the MCAS standardized exam in K-12 schools, a business-backed group said the tests must remain in place because they play a crucial role in tracking and closing opportunity gaps across districts. Ed Lambert, executive director of the […]")
![BOSTON – Before Amanda Linehan launched her campaign for Malden City Council, she figured the Emerge Massachusetts training program she completed would give her a good sense of what to expect running for office while parenting a young child. She was wrong. As it turned out, Linehan told lawmakers on Wednesday, balancing her responsibilities as […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20190425_BREAKINGNEWSManwanted-p1-7.jpg?w=132 "BOSTON – Before Amanda Linehan launched her campaign for Malden City Council, she figured the Emerge Massachusetts training program she completed would give her a good sense of what to expect running for office while parenting a young child. She was wrong. As it turned out, Linehan told lawmakers on Wednesday, balancing her responsibilities as […]")
![BOSTON – Taking aim at an unnamed group of representatives, House Speaker Ronald Mariano aired frustrations Monday about lawmakers who he said have bristled at COVID-19 vaccine requirements and said the resistance complicates decisions about bringing the Legislature back into the State House. Mariano told reporters that some of the 160 representatives he oversees oppose […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/marianoms001.jpg?w=138 "BOSTON – Taking aim at an unnamed group of representatives, House Speaker Ronald Mariano aired frustrations Monday about lawmakers who he said have bristled at COVID-19 vaccine requirements and said the resistance complicates decisions about bringing the Legislature back into the State House. Mariano told reporters that some of the 160 representatives he oversees oppose […]")
![BOSTON – State public health officials reported 2,096 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the largest single-day total of newly confirmed infections since April as the Delta variant continues to fuel the virus’s spread. Massachusetts had not recorded a one-day increase of 2,000 or more cases since April 14, when the Department of Public Health reported […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20190425_BREAKINGNEWSManwanted-p1-4.jpg?w=132 "BOSTON – State public health officials reported 2,096 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the largest single-day total of newly confirmed infections since April as the Delta variant continues to fuel the virus’s spread. Massachusetts had not recorded a one-day increase of 2,000 or more cases since April 14, when the Department of Public Health reported […]")
![BOSTON – More than four out of five Massachusetts voters supported requiring all people in school buildings to wear masks in a new poll, even as elected officials continue to debate whether local or state governments should impose such a mandate. In a MassINC Polling Group survey of 724 registered voters released Thursday, 81 percent […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/20190425_BREAKINGNEWSManwanted-p1-6.jpg?w=132 "BOSTON – More than four out of five Massachusetts voters supported requiring all people in school buildings to wear masks in a new poll, even as elected officials continue to debate whether local or state governments should impose such a mandate. In a MassINC Polling Group survey of 724 registered voters released Thursday, 81 percent […]")
![BOSTON – While the Baker administration continues to reject the idea of a statewide mask mandate in schools, Gov. Charlie Baker expects that nearly every single unvaccinated student in Massachusetts will wear face coverings this fall. Final decisions on masking requirements rest with local officials on a district-by-district basis under the Baker administration’s guidance, and […]](https://www.nashobavalleyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/bakerpool03-1-1.jpg?w=126 "BOSTON – While the Baker administration continues to reject the idea of a statewide mask mandate in schools, Gov. Charlie Baker expects that nearly every single unvaccinated student in Massachusetts will wear face coverings this fall. Final decisions on masking requirements rest with local officials on a district-by-district basis under the Baker administration’s guidance, and […]")