Deval Patrick
Gun Owners Angry That Governor Didn’t Invite Them to Firearms Bill Signing [Updated]
Update: According to members of the Gun Owners Action League, the governor’s office called and apologized for not inviting them to a ceremony Wednesday when new gun […]
Massachusetts Will Not House Children Fleeing Central America [Updated]
Update: Massachusetts will not need to house unaccompanied immigrant children who have crowded the southern United States border, seeking refuge from their crime-ridden countries in Central […]
Group Will Rally in Favor of Housing Children Fleeing Central America
Supporters backing a possible plan in Massachusetts to house unaccompanied immigrant children rushing toward the southern United States border are organizing a rally in Copley Square […]
Gov. Patrick Signs Bill to Protect Patients Accessing Abortion Clinics
A bill to put protections in place for patients visiting abortion clinics and other health facilities throughout the state was signed into law by Governor Deval Patrick […]
Massachusetts Liquor Stores Can Soon Sell Alcohol Before Noon on Sundays
Governor Deval Patrick, who’s wrapping up a final stretch of signing legislation that’s spilling out of the State House doors this session, inked a bill […]
No Shark Fin Soup For You
Governor Deval Patrick is sinking his teeth into a new law that will put an end to the possession and sale of shark fins in Massachusetts. […]
Despite Court Ruling, the Back-and-Forth Over ‘Buffer Zones’ Continues
In the weeks since the Supreme Court struck down the “buffer zone” law that separated pro-life protesters from patients trying to gain access to abortion […]
Minimum Wage Will Go Up to $11 in the Next Three Years [Updated]
UPDATE: On Thursday, Governor Deval Patrick signed legislation that will raise the minimum wage for workers to $11 over the next three years, making Massachusetts a […]
House Speaker’s Economic Development Bill Doesn’t Address Non-Competes
While Governor Deval Patrick is taking care of business abroad, House Speaker Robert DeLeo unveiled his own version of an economic development bill that, unlike […]
The Department of Children and Families Almost Got a New Commissioner This Week
The Deval Patrick administration wanted Maria Zoe Mossaides, executive director of Cambridge Family and Children’s Service, to take over as commissioner of the troubled Department […]
Everyone Tweeted Through Deval Patrick’s Speech About Putting Aside One’s Smartphone
Gov. Deval Patrick had the good sense to make an argument in his Boston University Commencement address that he knew would be proven true even as he spoke […]
Boston Pride Parade Names Governor Patrick ‘Grand Marshal’
Governor Deval Patrick is a popular guy these days. Not only did he speak at two commencement ceremonies this month, but Patrick has also been […]
Families to Deliver Petitions to Governor Asking to Stop Possible Parole of Jailed Murderers
Families impacted by a recent ruling handed down by the Massachusetts Supreme Court that gives teenagers convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in […]
Computer Pros Will Hack Their Way to a New Job During Cyber Aces Competition
At a time when high-profile breaches at businesses and institutions have made national headlines, an elite group of cyber security sleuths will gather in Boston […]
Boston After Dark
We asked the husband-and-wife duo, Formento & Formento, to imagine what some of Boston’s most famous denizens would do in the dark, now that the trains are running late. They came back with a love letter to Boston nightlife.