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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

The Daily Free Press

McKinley Middle School, a public school in Boston. The Massachusetts Senate passed the Student Opportunity Act in a unanimous vote on Thursday, which revamps the funding of the state’s public schools. CONOR KELLEY/ DFP FILE

Mass. Senate passes $1.5 billion education funding bill

Nisha Rao October 7, 2019
The bill, which will update the almost three decade old education funding formula, passed the senate unanimously.
The Massachusetts Senate will debate a proposal Thursday that would allow individuals to designate their gender as nonbinary on their driver's license. ILLUSTRATION BY SOPHIE PARK

Mass. Senate to debate allowing nonbinary gender designations on state IDs

Natalie Patrick April 24, 2019
The Massachusetts Senate will debate a proposal on Thursday that would allow residents to identify as “X” on their IDs instead of a traditional gender designation.

Special Senate committee to review sexual harassment policies, procedures in Senate

Rickie Houston January 24, 2018

An order was filed Thursday seeking to enact stricter sexual harassment policies in the Massachusetts Senate. Sen. Joan Lovely filed the order, mandating the creation of a special committee to review the...

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