PM Policy Director Jonathan Cohn is interviewed in the story for NBC 10 Boston “These Mass. colleges are offering free tuition for eligible families.” He credits recent steps from the Commonwealth toward tuition-free higher education as inspiring private universities to offer better financial deals to stay competitive.
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Thank you to everyone who joined our Beacon Hill 101 Session! You can find the link to the video below. You can find the slide deck for the presentation here.
It’s a New Legislative Session. What Does That Mean Anyway?
We’re now in a new legislative session in the Massachusetts State Legislature. Bills will be filed (by next Friday!), committees assigned, hearings held, etc., etc. Which raises an important question:
MA Has a Democratic State House. But Do We Have a *Democratic* State House?
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