Education Department Downsizing a ‘Good Step’
“While the DoED downsizing is a good step, the principal battlegrounds for genuine school reform have been and will continue to be in the state capitals."
Part of Hoffa’s Army Indicted
The Boston Herald reports four Massachusetts Teamsters were charged yesterday in a 30-count federal extortion and racketeering indictment. The teamsters shook down major Hub convention organizers, assaulted rivals and rigged union votes in a lucrative “pay-to-play” reign — including once strong-arming the state Democratic Party by threatening to obstruct a fundraiser by Gov. Deval Patrick where President Obama spoke, officials said.
