Somerville has not had the chance to thoroughly discuss the new online high-stakes test called PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career) as a replacement for MCAS (Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System) and what it will mean for our kids, teachers, and K-12 schools.

I am a current Senior at UCSB and believe that this will truly help my community.

We need to ensure that a college education still means a better life for the Americans who put themselves through school. Our government should not be profiting off of crushing student debt. Rather, we should be working to make college affordable for all Americans. An affordable college education means a more educated and economically prosperous America. Bringing down the interest rates on existing student loans would help young Americans to achieve some economic security in today's economy. The $1.2 trillion dollars in student loan debt in America is a crisis that threatens our economy. That is why we must give student borrowers the ability to refinance at today's lower rates—rates agreed upon by both Republicans and Democrats. It's time we address the issue of student loan debt in America—Senator Nelson, please support the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act.

Move On advises that we address petitions directly to our legislators, as they are more likely to listen to their constituents, so please sign even if you have already signed another petition to save the Wright School. The following is what Joe Reed said in a similar petition addressed to the entire legislature. "Although the Wright School survived a plan to close the school in last year's budget cycle, we have been shocked to learn that this year the Senate has again proposed a budget that would close the school in September 2014, returning the children to non-existent local resources. Now the NC House is set to propose its version of the budget in the coming days, and we must act quickly if we are to save this vital resource. The Wright School, a nationally-known 50-year-old institution, is a best practice, short term, high quality residential treatment center for children statewide with severe emotional, behavioral and learning difficulties whose needs cannot currently be met in their communities. It serves as a model facility nationwide for the principles of Re-Education, and has a sterling record of unqualified success. To learn more about the school, visit www.wrightschool.org and please, forward a link to this petition far and wide! We've also launched a support website to help you have an even greater impact: www.savewrightschool.com Please help promote this site as well! Time is NOT on our side this year and the school could be closed forever in just a few months. We literally have only days to convince the Legislature to once again back away from this disastrous decision. There is some support for the school in the legislature, particularly from Rep. Nelson Dollar, but we must raise our voices as loud as we can, because these children have no political voices of their own."

Closing this school will cost people there jobs, and we don't need to build a new school, just fix what we have. Our town is broke already, we should not be adding more to our debt.

Such an impactful, rushed decision should not be made without the voice of the very community it serves! Please show your support by signing this petition. Tell the Board of Trustees and Coshocton Memorial's CEO to put mothers and babies ahead of profits and stop hurting Coshocton families. Keep Coshocton County Memorial Hospital OB Department open!

If you go to this site..... http://www.visitphilly.com/philadelphia-neighborhoods/ You will see that Germantown is NOT an option as a neighborhood in Philadelphia. Yet, when you click on Mt. Airy here.... http://www.visitphilly.com/philadelphia-neighborhoods/mt-airy/view-all/ You'll see that most of the attractions they cite are actually in Germantown....Grumblethorpe, Awbury Arboretum, the Johnson House, Maxwell Mansion, Wyck, Cliveden..... That's a travesty!!! Please take a moment and let the visitphilly people (which used to be called the Greater Philadelphia Tourism and Cultural something and is THE official tourism site for Philadelphia) know that Germantown needs to be recognized as the steward of all these sites.... Sign our petition.

President Obama just announced the first-ever limits on carbon pollution from power plants. This is a historic step toward addressing climate change and protecting the health of future generations. We need to confront this issue head-on in Washington and also show other states the benefits of capping carbon pollution. Sign this petition to our state elected officials urging them to enact the strongest cap and trade laws in the nation.

When music lovers don't pay for their songs or albums, the money that would be going to the businesses and artists never makes it to them. 1 in 3 of us are guilty of music piracy, and ultimately, the industry takes a 12 billion dollar hit annually because of us.

I feel that the people are being completely denied in the fact that the members of the house and Senate are allowed to vote their own pay raises. This is not a the way a business, whether it be industry or politics, should be allowed to operate. The preamble to the Constitution states that "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America". Nowhere in the Constitution does it give the Senate and House the right to vote on their own pay raises. This practice needs to stop.

My daughter, Autumn Keckhaver, was targeted by a snitch and busted for a small amount of meth. No weapons, no money, just an addict. She is now facing ten years in prison or has the option of becoming a snitch. Tell Judge Sims being a snitch is a dangerous option to incarceration especially for a young, beautiful woman who has the mentality of a 15 year old. Drug court would be a better option for her.

My name Is Richard Dyson, I am a mentally disabled that has been denied medical treatment in a emergency room hospital. I almost died from having pneumonia, I was in the hospital for nine days. approximately a year later I had symptoms of pneumonia again and went to the same original admitting hospital again and saw the same doctor, I was hurting so bad the pain was intolerable and when the doctor asked about what symptoms I was having I accidently said 'hell' in describing my symptoms, # the head injury I received which was the basis of my disability/social security that the hospital is well aware of and affected my speech and cognitive centers of the brain#... and the doctor said 'if you swear one more time I will have escorted out of the hospital' I was so scared I just sat there thinking what to say, how to put it and next thing I know is dr. Gibson saying 'that's it you're out of here!!' and I was escorted out of the hospital by armed guards. I went Multi Care and was diagnosed with having pneumonia and treated for several hours by good well meaning staff. I had a terrible attorney that would lie to me all the time during the lawsuit that was filed against the doctor and hospital and when confronted with the lies the attorney was telling me...the attorney quit. The doctor has said in his answer to the lawsuit that 'Richard Dyson left on his own accord'. That is a absolute lie!!! Being on my own I've been able to get the transcript from Multi Care which proves I had pneumonia. The court has me slated to go to trial on June 16th, 2014. I have a Charity and I have been trying to get a for fee attorney and/or pro-bono attorney to no success...please help because I refuse to this Doctor get away with this criminal action. Thank you very much, Richard Dyson 253 520 2359