Political Notebook: South Hadley voters reject controversial Proposition 2½ override
ADVERTISEMENT New from CommonWealth Beacon ROMNEYCARE : Twenty years after Massachusetts passed landmark health care reform legislation that gave the state the highest rate of insurance coverage in the country, the leading players behind the law gathered in the same storied meeting hall where the 2006 bill was signed to celebrate their uncommon achievement as the state faces tremendous threats to its effort to maintain near-universal coverage. Michael Jonas has more. OPINION : David Mancuso says Laurie Gagnon’s recent commentary promoting locally controlled “reciprocal accountability” as a framework for a new state graduation requirement is a “seductive argument,” but would leave the state’s most disadvantaged students behind. Political Notebook: South Hadley voters reject controversial Proposition 2½ override April 15, 2026 By HALLIE CLAFLIN, JORDAN WOL...