Plans unveiled for Holyoke, Mass. computing center
HOLYOKE, Mass.-Gov. Deval Patrick is unveiling plans for a high performance computing center in...
View ArticleText: Remarks by President Obama at Gov. Patrick fundraiser
Westin Copley Boston, Massachusetts THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Boston! (Applause.) It is good to be back in Massachusetts. (Applause.) It’s good to see some familiar faces -- some folks I haven’t seen...
View ArticlePatrick wraps up two-day visit to Washington
WASHINGTON - Governor Deval Patrick swept through Washington yesterday, wrapping up a two-day tour to advance the state's interests in health care, economic development, and transportation - a trip...
View ArticleMass. gov.: No quid pro quo in donations from Patriots' Kraft
Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | IN 'THE HUDDLE' COMMUNITY READ THE LATEST POSTS NFL WEEK 10Weekly picks: Pete's Picks: Power rankings: NFL Replay: | Photos: Coach of the year?: | Schedule: More...
View ArticleGov. Deval Patrick announces union deal will save money, jobs
Gov. is touting an agreement with a major state workers union that he says will save millions while protecting services. Patrick said yesterday the deal with the nearly 8,000 members of the Service...
View ArticleA rescue mission for education
FORTY YEARS ago, I changed schools. On the South Side of Chicago, my school had few books, 40 children in a classroom (most of us poor), teachers whose role was mainly to keep order, and police at...
View ArticleObama's health change sounds like Patrick's
Comments BOSTON (Map, News) - President Barack Obama has rolled out a last-ditch plan to save his health care overhaul that may sound familiar to Massachusetts residents. It includes a requirement for...
View ArticleDeval Patrick is not Barack Obama
Think Scott Brown's victory in liberal Massachusetts – for Ted Kennedy's seat, no less – has become an overworked metaphor to describe Barack Obama's political plight? You haven't seen anything yet....
View ArticleResistance to individual mandates growing as states try to maintain control...
States fear that they will lose control if a federal mandate is imposed for health insurance Getty Images If you like this ... Virginia moves to make mandatory health insurance illegal Universal health...
View ArticleThe Masscare Massacre
By W. James Antle, III on 3.17.10 @ 6:09AM On Sunday, White House political adviser David Axelrod appeared on ABC's "This Week" and tried to brush aside the message sent by Sen. Scott Brown's (R-Mass.)...
View ArticleMassachusetts insurers sue over rate-hike rejection
Massachusetts’ health-care overhaul has been seen as the laboratory for ObamaCare, with its heavy government control and its mandates on individuals and insurers. Governor Deval Patrick has steadfastly...
View ArticleUnited Airlines flight lands safely in Philly after crew finds 'suspicious...
PHILADELPHIA - A United Airlines flight from Chicago to Philadelphia has landed safely after the crew found "a suspicious message." A Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman said Saturday...
View ArticleGov. Deval Patrick blasts Hub firefighters contract
Gov. said today an arbitrator’s decision to award a 19 percent pay raise to Boston firefighters “could not come at a worst time.”...
View ArticleUpdate: Governor Deval Patrick says giving condoms to elementary kids is wrong
This is an update to the article Girls Reaching Puberty Earlier, The Brouhaha Over Sex Education Will Escalate in which I said: Although, children's bodies may be developing faster, their emotions and...
View ArticleStudent can ask condom from school nurse
Provincetown, June 26: Schools in Provincetown, Massachusetts, wanted to provide protection to its students, so the school district set a policy to provide condoms to any student who requested them...
View ArticlePawlenty, Nixon, 3 other governors visit Iraq
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Five U.S. governors are on a high-security trip to Iraq to survey conditions as troops prepare to leave the country next year. Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty disclosed the trip to...
View ArticleDeval Patrick
CHANGING "POLITICS as usual'' on Beacon Hill starts with putting the greater good of the Commonwealth ahead of the interests of the powerful few. That is how we govern, and why Massachusetts is in...
View ArticleHub food market could open in 2012
Massachusetts officials next week will begin a study to determine the optimal design and management of a new public food market planned for a vacant building along the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway...
View ArticleObama plans to sign repeal of gay ban Wednesday
WASHINGTON -- The White House says President Barack Obama plans to sign the repeal of the military's ban on openly gay service members on Wednesday, four days after the Senate voted to abolish the...
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