The plan will be offered to students who go to community colleges and then transfer to one of the state universities or one of the UMass campuses.
Sal DiMasi to have pension contributions returnedThe state?s highest court ruled the former House speaker, currently serving a federal prison term, should have his pension contributions back.
Energy giant cancels $3b pipeline through Mass., N.H. Kinder Morgan has pulled the plug on the controversial natural gas project.
Donald Trump weighs in on LGBT rights in N.C.The Republican presidential candidate spoke out on the state?s so-called ?bathroom law.?
Ted Cruz or John Kasich have an opportunity in Pennsylvania.
ground game
A look at some of the women Clinton could consider to be her running mate.
Manchester West High School was put on lockdown ?as a precautionary measure? as police responded to a call nearby, officials said.
The Food and Drug Administration again expressed reservations about the Cambridge company?s proposed drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Bid to expand incinerator at landfill sparks ire in SaugusThe incinerator?s owner wants to expand the landfill, which would allow the controversial plant to continue operating.
Steve Annear/Globe Staff
The site is being transformed into a place where artists, vendors, and food trucks will be invited to host events.
Boston Public Market expands to seven days a weekA market executive said the decision to open every day is a result of customer and vendor feedback.
Memory of late father stokes Nate Ebner?s rugby questThe Patriots? standout special teamer is hard at work trying to make the US Olympics team, with inspiration close at hand.
Kelly Ripa won?t be on ?Live? for the rest of the weekRipa?s unexplained absence came amid reports that she felt blindsided by co-host Michael Strahan?s departure.
Learning & Earning | Globe Magazine
These 5 people had the smarts to launch careers in booming fields With job growth higher than it?s been in 15 years, it?s a good time to be starting out in these growing Massachusetts industries.
Joan Marcus
Critic?s Notebook
Musical theater rarely finds itself in the red-hot center of policy disputes, but it?s been there recently.
Not everyone is into community preservationThe state?s Community Preservation Act has generated love and loathing since it took effect in 2001.
Lexington residents battle over sidewalk redesignSome worry a plan to redesign sidewalks in the town center will ruin its historic feel.
OPINION | ERIC FEHRNSTROM
The illusions of Bernie Sanders and Ted CruzSanders and Cruz show the ways in which false assumptions and beliefs can mislead us.
GROUND GAME
Clinton, Trump move to friendly states in next week?s primariesThe race for delegates will continue in a week as five states on the East Coast go to the polls.
The Big Picture
More than 30,000 participants registered for the 2016 Boston Marathon, the third largest field in the race history.
STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.
The Red Sox wrap up their homestand with a Thursday afternoon game at 1:35 p.m.
A Stockbridge canoeist paddled 10 rivers to highlight the need to finish cleaning up the Housatonic River.
The pace did not slow for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump even after their resounding New York victories.
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To be eligible this year, the vehicles must have undergone a significant redesign.
The Cuban revolutionary leader told party members he is nearing the end of his life and exhorted them to help his ideas survive.
Stephen Hawking proudly displayed a Patriots jersey that was given to him by team owner Robert Kraft during Hawking?s visit this week to Harvard.
Stephen Hawking proudly displayed a Patriots jersey that was given to him by team owner Robert Kraft during Hawking?s visit this week to Harvard.
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?Historia de Amor? from Chile?s Teatrocinema re-creates the world of a graphic novel onstage for its story of obsession and violence.
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Key reports from Globe?s Spotlight team on clergy sex abuseThe Boston Globe?s 2001-2002 investigation into sexual abuses by clergy in the Catholic Church resulted in more than 600 stories.
Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight??Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
Makover Derring-DoIn the latest issue of Design New England, lots of color and a bit of bravado wake up a ho-hum family room.
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Women will be on Clinton?s VP list, so what about Elizabeth Warren?
Kinder Morgan shelves $3 billion New England pipeline project
Five women Hillary Clinton could pick for VP
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