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Recession-era unemployment insurance benefits are set to run out for at the end of the month as lawmakers in Washington make progress in passing the first balanced budget in four years. In the meantime, Massachusetts has provided funding for employment programs for the homeless.

New York has settled a case against a charitable foundation for $7.7 million after claiming it misused funds to benefit a company it's associated with.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says Friday the charity helped develop Common Core education tests for sale by the for-profit company.

Schneiderman says $7.5 million of the settlement with Pearson Charitable Foundation will be used to recruit and retain high-quality teachers. The charity promotes literacy and excellence in teaching.

One year after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, many school districts claim they are safer than they were last December.

School districts across the country have bolstered school security in the year following the tragic shootings at Sandy Hook that killed 20 children and six educators.

In a recent survey conducted by the New York State School Boards Association on superintendents’ assessment of their schools’ safety, most believed they are more safe than they were at this time last year.

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A small group of advocates demonstrated in favor of public campaign financing in Albany Friday, following a report by Governor Andrew Cuomo’s anti-corruption commission favoring the idea.

Winter weather is headed our way. How much snow is in our near future?  Meteorologist Garett Argianas shares the latest predictions. 

The NCAA is taking another look at Albany, and now city and county officials are scrambling to provide necessary amenities and roll out the welcome mat. 

An anti-casino group wants a Massachusetts gaming commissioner to recuse himself from voting on a casino project in Springfield.

   The chairman of Springfield’s anti-casino group, Citizens Against Casino Gaming says state  gaming commissioner Bruce Stebbins should not vote on whether MGM can proceed with an $800 million casino project in downtown Springfield.   Michael Kogut said Stebbins’ previous position with the city makes it impossible for him to be impartial

Lawmakers in western Massachusetts are seeking federal support to combat a recent decision by Time Warner Cable to drop the New England Cable Network from its regional lineup.

A newly released Harvard University study details the consequences of land-use decisions in Massachusetts.  It warns that current development patterns, if left unchanged, will have consequences for water quality and climate change.

If recent development trends continue Massachusetts would lose 13 percent of its forest land over the next 50 years which would undermine recent land conservation gains, threaten wildlife habitats, put drinking water supplies at risk and result in harsher consequences of climate change.