Heather Vogell

Investment companies such as hedge funds and private equity firms have escaped multiple efforts to subject them to rules meant to combat money laundering.

Under new rules, Massachusetts schools will not be allowed to use certain techniques to restrain or isolate students as frequently and will have to report all restraints and injuries.

Federal investigators found that children at two Virginia schools were being regularly pinned down or isolated and that their education was suffering as a result.

Republicans say it is a matter of states’ rights.