Gov. Deval Patrick delivered a rousing speech on behalf of President Obama Tuesday night, with his gift for inspiring oratory on full display before a national audience. But when it […]
Patrick’s school story
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Patrick unleashed
Expect some “very frontal attacks against Mitt Romney” from Gov. Deval Patrick, CNN’s Anderson Cooper told the network’s primetime Democratic National Convention audience shortly before Patrick took the stage in […]
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Lobbyists claim overreach by Galvin
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Prominent lobbyists have filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State William Galvin claiming the state’s chief lobbying enforcement officer overstepped his authority by trying to force […]
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Airing the dirty laundry: Walsh blunder shows Warren camp angst
Convention week was supposed to be Elizabeth Warren’s moment in the sun, a chance to fire up the base and deliver her populist economic pitch on a national stage. Instead, […]
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Brown’s tightrope walk
US Sen. Scott Brown, trying to keep his distance from the Republican Party, walked a tightrope this week as the GOP met in Tampa to nominate Mitt Romney for president. […]
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Tax breaks on the hot seat
Tax breaks, for years a largely untouchable entitlement that Beacon Hill offered to businesses, are finally coming in for some serious scrutiny. The Patrick administration told state lawmakers this week […]
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Brown turned down RNC speech invite
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE US Sen. Scott Brown acknowledged for the first time on Thursday that he was asked by the Romney campaign to speak at the Republican National Convention, […]
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Selective lip service
The old saying goes that someone is entitled to their own opinion but not to their own facts. But the fact of the matter is most facts tossed around during […]
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Parks partnerships? Or raw deals?
Daly Field, state-owned parkland on the Charles River in Brighton, is up for grabs. With the help of some community leaders, Simmons College has succeeded in getting the Massachusetts Legislature […]
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Ann Romney’s fuzzy valentine
Touted as the not-so-secret ingredient in the campaign to humanize her husband, Ann Romney lived up to her advance billing and delivered a warm and personal speech about life and […]
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What should Mitt do?
With a hurricane bearing down on New Orleans, Bill Weld offers up some advice to Mitt Romney today, one former Massachusetts governor to another. Weld wants to see Romney leave […]
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Students stock up on iPads, ebooks
Trips to OfficeMax to fill up on pencils, filler paper, binders, and notebooks for the first day of school could soon go the way of the horse and buggy, replaced […]
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The GOP forecast
The Republicans lopped a day off their convention in Tampa because of Tropical Storm Isaac and now are praying Mitt Romney’s coronation isn’t eclipsed by video of wind, rain, and […]
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Political ad filings show what TV shows charge
This story is the third in a series on television ad buys on local stations. Earlier: Young Guns set sights on Tierney-Tisei race and Kennedy places orders for $450,000 in […]
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Drill, baby, drill
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney unveiled a “drill, baby, drill” energy plan yesterday that he says will make North America energy independent within eight years. The plan would open up […]
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A frustrating Dream
Faith in The Dream By Deval Patrick Hyperion, 100 pages In the mid 1960s, when he was about 10 years old and living in Chicago, Deval Patrick went with one […]
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Young Guns set sights on Tierney-Tisei race
A conservative Super PAC connected to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, a Tea Party favorite, is coming into town with guns blazing to try to oust embattled US Rep. John […]
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Kennedy places orders for $450,000 in TV ads
Joseph Kennedy III says he is focused exclusively on winning the Democratic primary for Congress from the Fourth District, but his campaign is busy planning for the general election. Two […]
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Abortion flap puts Brown-Warren in national spotlight
In Massachusetts, it’s never about a single issue, although it seems the economy had been dominating all the talk in the US Senate race. But with the cacophony generated by […]
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Casino could redevelop Springfield
MGM, proprietor of such upscale resorts as the Bellagio and the Luxor in Las Vegas, is making a run for the Western Massachusetts casino license. The company today will unveil […]
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Restaurateurs oppose return of happy hour
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Restaurateurs warned on Tuesday that young, college-aged drinkers looking to take advantage of cheap alcohol would become a larger presence at local bars and pose a […]
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DiMasi appeal runs on Dunkin’
In the end, with Sal DiMasi, it all comes back to Dunkin’ Donuts.William Cintolo, the lawyer who unsuccessfully defended former House Speaker Sal DiMasi against federal corruption charges, is a […]
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Combating gang violence
They gathered yesterday — about 200 strong — on Franklin Field in Dorchester to support the families of the three young women murdered nearby last weekend and to issue a […]
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Coal-fired power in state down to embers
Environmental activists rallied outside coal-fired power plants in Somerset and Holyoke this week, calling on Gov. Deval Patrick to shut the plants down. The activists don’t necessarily need political pressure […]