Republican Massachusetts Governor-elect Charlie Baker said he would oppose current Democrat Governor Deval Patrick’s proposal to issue driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. “I don’t support issuing driver’s licenses to people who are undocumented,” Baker reportedly said on the Boston Herald’s
When contemplating the failure of the War on Poverty after 50 years and $22 trillion spent, I mentioned the outrageous government overhead, waste, and fraud that makes up a big part of that figure. It’s both absurd and immoral to
“It was the worst abuse I’ve ever seen in state or city government since I took over as Inspector General,” observes Gregory Sullivan, the Massachusetts taxpayer’s watchdog under governors Mitt Romney and Deval Patrick. Last season, in the hours after
In 2008, when then candidate Barack Obama was caught up in a plagiarism scandal for using the words of Deval Patrick, his opponent Hillary Clinton’s chief criticism of him at the time was that he was “just words.” His critics,
After Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (D) announced on Friday that the state was willing to house illegal immigrant children at two military bases, communities throughout the region raised concerns about the potential strain on their already strapped budgets. Commanders on
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (D) said that the Obama administration asked whether his state had facilities to house up to 1,000 illegal immigrant children at military bases or unused shopping malls. On Friday, Patrick announced that he proposed two military
Wednesday, Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA) told local reporters he was looking into ways to help the Obama administration deal with the ten of thousands of illegal immigrant children flooding across the U.S.-Mexico border. He said “My inclination is to remember
Last week the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down a Massachusetts law that restricted protesters to a 35-foot buffer zone around abortion clinics, ruling that the law violates the First Amendment rights of protesters. Gov. Deval Patrick (D) and state
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA) discussed a potential Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential run. Follow Pam Key on Twitter @pamkeyNEN
BOSTON (AP) — A large police presence greeted runners and spectators filtering in Monday morning for the Boston Marathon, a year after a pair of homemade pressure-cooker bombs near the finish line killed three people and wounded more than 260
The Peabody School Committee has called for the investigation of a Massachusetts education commissioner who simultaneously serves as national chair of PARCC, one of the Common Core testing consortia. The committee calls the dual role a conflict of interest. Mitchell
Common Core expert Dr. Sandra Stotsky told Connecticut grassroots activists against the Common Core standards that the latest “tactic” of their state legislature was to suppress debate about the standards by refusing to hear any bills whatsoever on Common Core.
More than a million homes and businesses were left in darkness and cold Wednesday after snow, sleet and freezing rain moved into the Northeast. The region’s second winter storm of the week canceled classes, closed government and business offices and
Channeling Hillary Clinton’s philosophy of “It takes a village to raise a child,” a panelist at a Center for American Progress (CAP) forum on the Common Core standards said their critics were a “tiny minority” whose lack of support for
After a nor’easter that killed at least 13 people and brought up to two feet of snow on the East Coast Thursday evening and Friday morning, the Midwest is bracing for some potentially dangerous weather of its own. The region
Barack Obama, who admitted in his autobiography, Dreams From My Father, that he had used marijuana and cocaine (“maybe a little blow”), found room in his heart on Thursday to commute the prison sentences for eight people convicted of crack
(AP) Boston unveils statue of NBA great Bill RussellBOSTONIt’s a day to honor another of Boston’s greatest sports champions. Former Celtics star Bill Russell watched the unveiling of his statue Friday at City Hall Plaza. Team owners, NBA Commissioner David
Tired of your neighbors slamming President Obama? Sick of that darn Fox News? Well, all new for 2013, Team Obama has launched yet another site where you can “fight back”: behold, “The Truth Team.” If this seems a bit familiar,
(AP) BOSTON–Comedian Dane Cook is being criticized for his decision to bar organizers of a benefit concert for Boston Marathon bombing victims from streaming or televising his performance. Cook tweeted a brief apology Friday, saying he didn’t want any of
One of the 56 times Attorney General Eric Holder answered “I don’t know” to a question during his unpleasant House Judiciary hearing on Wednesday pertained to the Born Alive Infants Protection Act. It’s been around since 2002, but Holder doesn’t
On Thursday, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani told CNN that the three University of Massachusetts Dartmouth college students arrested Wednesday on charges related to the Boston Marathon bombings should also be charged as accessories to the murder of
The Brothers Tsarnaev, alleged terrorists behind the Boston Marathon bombing, collected some amount of state and, possibly, federal welfare benefits. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, his wife, and daughter collected welfare until 2012, according to Massachusetts state officials. The exact amounts the brothers
The Islamic Society of Boston (ISB) has become the center of attention since it was discovered that now deceased suspected marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev was a member of the mosque. ISB is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. The Islamic Society of
According to reports, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev attended the Islamic Society of Boston mosque in Cambridge, MA. The Islamic Society of Boston’s website states the mosque’s sister organization is the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center. They are both subordinate to the
(AP) – Police and federal agents appealed to the public Tuesday for amateur video and photos that might yield clues to the Boston Marathon bombing as the chief FBI agent in Boston vowed “we will go to the ends of
At a Tuesday morning press conference, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick said there were no additional undetonated explosives that were found near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. “It’s important to clarify that two–and only two–explosive devices were found yesterday,” Patrick said.
CBS BOSTON:- A Boston University student was arrested after a massive snowball fight Friday night. Police say the student, who is not being identified, allegedly hit an officer with a snowball. Video posted to YouTube shows a police officer chasing
(AP) – A behemoth storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the Northeast overnight, where more than 650,000 homes and businesses in the densely populated region lost power, roads were impassable and New Englanders awoke Saturday to
Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts has joined Barack Obama in calling for new gun-control legislation, but now he has even outstripped the White House in his calls for harsher limits on guns. Where Obama has called for banning assault rifles,
Despite a lack of statutory authority from the Massachusetts Legislature, Governor Deval Patrick announced on Monday that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will give in-state tuition to illegal immigrants at its institutions of higher education. Bradley H. Jones, Republican Minority Leader in
Massachusetts Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren, in her first press conference after defeating Sen. Scott Brown, was noticeably curt with reporters asking about her campaign and the issues voters elected her to solve. When reporters asked her about the fiscal cliff, Warren could only
Speculation is running rampant that Attorney General Eric Holder will step down from the Obama administration – and now, President Obama is meeting with Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, widely considered a possible Holder successor. More broadly, Patrick is considered a
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) has signed new legislation that some are calling the “second phase” of the health care law that was signed by Gov. Mitt Romney in 2006. A sweeping law intended to contain health care costs, it
What do you do if you’re the President of the United States and you’re desperately trying to think of a new mantra because “Hope and Change” doesn’t cut it any more? Why, if you’re Barack Obama, you do what you’ve
I have followed the career of Mitt Romney since 1994. I have read every book about and by him, and I have studied every move he made in the land of my birth. This is why I am convinced Romney
Elizabeth Warren has finally admitted she is the one who listed herself as Native-American both at Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania. This information seemingly proves that Warren was dishonest in her earlier claims to ignorance of how she came to
A group that describes itself as “concerned Cherokee, descendants and supporters” is calling for a “peaceful protest outside of the Massachusetts Democratic Convention on Saturday, June 2nd.” A Facebook user, Cherokee Solidarity, posted information about the planned peaceful protest on
The leading politicians of the Massachusetts Democratic Party establishment circled the wagons around Elizabeth Warren this afternoon when Governor Deval Patrick endorsed her at a hastily called press conference. “I love this candidate,” the Governor said of Warren. “I’m excited
In copying a recipe from a cookbook word for word, Elizabeth Warren appears to have violated both Harvard College and Harvard Law School’s strict codes on plagiarism. Harvard’s Guide to Using Sources’ manual, for example, advises Harvard students that
The recent arrest in Boston of Rezwan Ferdaus for planning a terror attack on the Pentagon adds to the growing list of Muslim students who have been radicalized in New England. Rezwan joins four other New England Muslim college graduates