Seventeen charter school proposals received the endorsement of Massachusetts Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester yesterday, paving the way for new school openings as early as this fall. The proposals await the final green light from the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education at the end of the month.

The FBI released 225 pages of threats against members of Congress made in 2009. While the release may not be comprehensive (ongoing investigations, for example, are exempt from FOIA), the pages paint a picture of the typical investigated threat: mentally unstable, intoxicated, or both, and angry about issues from both sides of the aisle.