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By Katie Lannan
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE
BOSTON -- State education officials plan to bring in outside researchers to analyze this year's MCAS test results for any "unintended consequences" of a question on the 2016 novel "The

By Colin A. Young
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE
BOSTON -- U.S. Sen. Edward Markey thinks he has a plan to bring the people of a politically divided nation together in opposition to a common enemy: robocalls.

By Chris Lisinski
State House News Service
BOSTON -- Uber and Lyft are gathering customer opposition to a Massachusetts Port Authority plan, arguing the agency's push to increase fees on transportation network company trips to and from Logan

Jon Winkler
jwinkler@nashoba valleyvoice.com
BOSTON -- A Lowell man, plus two Lawrence residents, were charged in federal court in Boston Friday for allegedly distributing fentanyl.

LOWELL -- The demotion of a former associate dean over accusations of sexual harassment committed against a staff member is not enough, according to a petition started by a UMass Lowell student that has garnered nearly 840 signatures since its

LOWELL -- Enterprise Bank saw a sharp increase in this year's first-quarter earnings, with 27 percent more net income compared to last year's first-quarter earnings, company officials recently announced.

LOWELL -- The Middlesex Community College Board of Trustees Ad Hoc Committee will meet again today, the first of three important college meetings to be held this week.

Lowell
-- Shawn Jones-Pereira, 21, 29 Woburn St., Left Side; carrying firearm while loaded, carrying gun without license, unlawful possession of ammunition.

LOWELL -- The first round of interviews for candidates for the Lowell Superintendent of Schools position will start Tuesday and continue each evening through Friday.

LOWELL -- It takes more than one word to sum up Benjamin Butler, a prominent Massachusetts politician and major general in the Civil War.