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FITCHBURG -- State Auditor Suzanne Bump announced last week that school districts statewide are projected to spend close to $11.3 mil
All state residents should share subsidy to Cape Wind Am I to understand that Gov. Deval Patrick wants to compel all Cape Codders to subsidize the cost of the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm, even though we won't get any of the power from it ("NStar t
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, left, looks on as Mass. Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray, right, faces reporters during a news conference at the Statehouse, in Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. Patrick sent lawmakers a proposed $32.3 billion state budget for... View Photo »
There are countless, countless ways to serve, especially for people of faith
When Sportsmen's Alliance President David Schutz heard about the accidental shooting of a Norton woman by a hunter last December, he wrote police and Gov. Deval Patrick calling for action to revoke the man's license. It wasn't a desire for retribution ag
Sunday February 19, 2012 committee members and union leaders. The grants will be used to develop innovation plans that will be presented to local school committees for final approval. A number of these schools could open as early as September 2012. DALTO
As House leaders have signaled they might be open to a short-term budget solution to mitigate sharp MBTA fare increases and service cuts, Gov. Deval Patrick’s budget chief on Friday said the administration would not support dipping deeper into state gove
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, right, glances toward Mass. Secretary of Administration and Finance Jay Gonzalez, center, as Mass. Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray, left, looks on during a news conference at the Statehouse, in Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. View Photo »
It looks like Deval Patrick is doing the Obama campaign's dirty work. We expect to see more of these political attacks to distract from Obama's horrible record on jobs. In leaving office, the governor's staff complied with the law and longtime executive branch practice. Some employees exercised the opti...
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A new Suffolk University poll revealed that Attorney General Martha Coakley is seen as a viable candidate for governor in 2014 while Gov. Deval Patrick isn't seen as presidential material. (Republican and AP file photos) BOSTON - The second part of a Suf
Deval Laurdine Patrick (born July 31, 1956) is an American politician; he is the current Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the first African American to hold that office. Prior to being Governor, Patrick was a United States Assistant Attorney General under President Bill Clinton, and before that he worked as an attorney and... Full Article
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, right, glances toward Mass. Secretary of Administration and Finance Jay Gonzalez, center, as Mass. Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray, left, looks on during a news conference at the Statehouse, in Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. Patrick sent lawmakers a...
View Photo »Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, center, and Mass. Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray, right, walk past a stanchion holding a velvet rope barrier as they approach a stage to face reporters during a news conference at the Statehouse, in Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. Patrick sent lawmakers a...
View Photo »Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, left, delivers his State of the State address in the House Chamber at Statehouse in Boston, Jan. 23, 2012 as Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray, right, looks on.
View Photo »Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, center, greets legislators and guests as he enters the House Chamber at the Statehouse, in Boston, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, before speaking to a join session of the Mass. Legislature at his state-of-the-state address.
View Photo »FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2011 file photo, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, right, and Stephen Crosby leave a news conference at the Statehouse in Boston. Patrick appointed Crosby as chair of a state gambling commission that will oversee the state's new casino law.
View Photo »FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2011 file photo, Stephen Crosby speaks as Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, right, listens during a news conference at the Statehouse in Boston, where Patrick appointed Crosby as chair of a new state gambling commission. In a January 2012 interview with The...
View Photo »Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, left, presents Desiree Maguire the Trooper George L. Hoanna, Jr. , 28th Annual Memorial Meal of Honor Award she accepts posthumously for her husband, Woburn, Mass. , police office John B. Maguire, at the Statehouse in Boston, Friday afternoon, Nov. 18,...
View Photo »Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick visits the Occupy Boston encampment in Boston, Massachusetts October 15, 2011. Occupy Boston is an extension of the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City.
View Photo »Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, right, shares a light moment with members of the media as Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority General Manager Richard Davey, left, looks on during a news conference at the Statehouse, in Boston, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011. Davey has been named by...
View Photo »Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, left, looks on as MBTA General Manager Richard Davey, right, takes questions from members of the media during a news conference at the Statehouse, in Boston, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011. Davey was named by Patrick to be the state's new Secretary of...
View Photo »Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick Visits Keurig, Incorporated Headquarters in Reading, MA.
View Photo »Ron Howell, left, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, center, and First Lady Diane Patrick take part in a street naming ceremony in honor of Bertram L. Baker, Saturday, July 16, 2011 in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. Diane Patrick and Ron Howell are...
View Photo »FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2011 file photo, Stephen Crosby, left, speaks as Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick looks on during a news conference at the Statehouse in Boston. Patrick appointed Crosby as chair of a state gambling commission that will oversee the state's new casino law.
View Photo »Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, right, stands with U.S. Governor of Massachusetts, Deval Patrick, at La Moneda government palace after signing education agreements in Santiago, Chile, Thursday Dec. 1, 2011. Patrick is on a nine-day trade mission to Chile and Brazil to promote...
View Photo »Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick speaks during the Florida DemocratIc Party's annual Jefferson-Jackson fundraiser dinner in Hollywood, Florida Saturday June 11, 2011. On Saturday, more than 1,000 Democratic activists attended the state party fundraiser and rallied in support of Obama.
View Photo »Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick , center, shares a laugh with Florida Democratic Party Chairman Rod Smith, right, and a dinner attendee, left, during the Florida Democratic Party's annual Jefferson-Jackson fundraiser dinner in Hollywood, Fla. , Saturday June 11, 2011.
View Photo »US President Barack Obama makes his way to the lectern after his introduction by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick during a DNC fundraiser at the Boston Center for the Arts May 18, 2011.
View Photo »Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick introduces US President Barack Obama at a DNC fundraiser at the Boston Center for the Arts May 18, 2011.
View Photo »Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Acme Packet President & CEO Andy Ory discuss the company's products at Acme Packet's global headquarters in Bedford, MA. Acme Packet announced that it plans to add more than 180 new employees in 2011 at its global headquarters and a total of 250...
View Photo »U.S. President Barack Obama is introduced by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (L) at a fundraiser in Boston May 18, 2011.
View Photo »President Barack Obama, right, waves while Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, left, applauds as Obama takes the stage during a campaign fundraising event, in Boston, Wednesday, May 18, 2011. Patrick introduced Obama at the event.
View Photo »Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick delivers his State of the State address in the House Chamber at Statehouse in Boston, Jan. 23, 2012.
View Photo »Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, left, shakes hands with a referee prior to a football match at Jerusalem's Kraft Stadium, Thursday, March 10, 2011.
View Photo »Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, left, and Israel's President Shimon Peres, right, talk during their meeting in Jerusalem, Thursday, March 10, 2011.
View Photo »Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, right, meets with Eliezer Shkedi, CEO of El Al , left, at Ben Gurion international airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, March 7, 2011.
View Photo »Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, right, glances toward Mass. Secretary of Administration and Finance Jay Gonzalez, center, as Mass. Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray, left, looks on during a news conference at the Statehouse, in Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. Patrick sent lawmakers a...
View Photo »There are countless, countless ways to serve, especially for people of faith
It looks like Deval Patrick is doing the Obama campaign's dirty work. We expect to see more of these political attacks to distract from Obama's horrible record on jobs. In leaving office, the governor's staff complied with the law and longtime executive branch practice. Some employees exercised the opti...
It's important to me to have people who understand that the matters that come before them are not numbers, but people, often during the scariest moment in their whole lives
The State of Massachusetts and Israel have a healthy, mutually beneficial business relationship, bolstered by Governor Deval Patrick’s recent efforts to strengthen business ties between our state and Israeli companies.
This is what you train for ... This is what you sacrifice for. This is what your families hope and pray you will never have to face, but are braced for in the event that you do. It humbles me beyond measure to be in your presence every day.
But before Romney, no governor's aides ever asked to buy back their hard drives. In response to the revelations, the Romney campaign has filed a public records request for communications between the staff of Romney's Democratic successor — Deval Patrick — and President Obama's re-election campaign.
On behalf of the commonwealth, I want to thank our firefighters and their families for their sacrifices and support
Yes, we should change that date ... The secretary of state observed this is an unusually late Democratic National Convention, but it ought to be changed and I think it will be.
Yes, we should change that date. We should certainly change that date. It’s amazing nobody caught it. We didn’t catch it, and I think I’m right, the secretary of state observed this is an unusually late Democratic National Convention, but it ought to be changed and I think it will be
Yes, we should change that date. We should certainly change that date. It’s amazing nobody caught it. We didn’t catch it, and I think I’m right, the secretary of state observed this is an unusually late Democratic National Convention, but it ought to be changed and I think it will be
It is encouraging to see this important rail bridge project completed ahead of schedule ... Thanks to support from the Obama Administration and our Congressional partners, we were able to create jobs while taking an important step forward in advancing passenger rail service to the South Coast.
Our administration is committed to preparing students and workers to compete and win in the 21st century global economy ... The creation of the Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative and the release of this new roadmap will help us grow jobs and opportunities in the manufacturing sector.
I am vetoing this section because it expends scarce program funds from the Health Safety Net Trust Fund. I do not object to an audit of MassHealth by the Inspector General using other available funds.
We will continue to advocate for more resources to sustain this program into the future
It gave me pause, and it gave the advocates pause, and it gave transgender people pause
It's a part of our shared American heritage that Thanksgiving has its origins in the sense of community, in the way that people saw their stake in their neighbor's dreams and struggles
No individual should face discrimination because of who they are
Infrastructure investments just like these create jobs and improve public safety
You know, for the whole public, including me, what McLaughlin did was a breach of the public trust ... You add to that, in the lieutenant governor's case, there was a breach of his personal trust, because, they knew each other, and frankly no one was as angry as the lieutenant governor.
It's not the solution to every economic challenge we face and it won't be the cause of every social ill that we in the commonwealth together have to deal with
Done right, expanded gaming can create jobs, generate new revenue and spur economic growth
I have always believed that if done right, expanded gaming can create jobs, generate new revenue and spur economic growth in every region of the Commonwealth ... Because of initiatives like this one, Massachusetts continues to lead the nation out of this recession.
I have always believed that if done right, expanded gaming can create jobs, generate new revenue and spur economic growth in every region of the Commonwealth
We’re working real hard to make sure that isn’t the case, but there’s still some work to do before I can give a definitive answer
Now the work will turn to getting it right in the implementation
