Politics
Door-knocking for Deval Patrick : Volunteers hit the streets in pairs to drive out votes in Ward 16Gov. Deval Patrick won a whopping 80 percent of the vote in Dorchester — and 95 percent of the vote in Mattapan— on Tuesday, as predominantly African-... Read more
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 3, 2010…..Coming of a decisive victory in a campaign in which he offered few substantive policy proposals, Gov. Deval Patrick identified job creation, access to quality education for all Massachusetts children and lower health... Read more
Former City Hall aide Carlos Henriquez Tuesday night won the Fifth Suffolk seat held by Marie St. Fleur.
Barry Lawton, who came in 41 votes behind Henriquez in September's Democratic primary and waged a write-in campaign in the general election, conceded... Read more
LATEST STORY: Grassroot Dems pulled out all the stops for Deval
Incumbent Governor Deval Patrick and his running mate Timothy Murray — who have won re-election according to multiple news sources tonight— are well on their way to a decisive victory tonight... Read more
Deval Patrick and family made last 2010 campaign stop at the Hoosic Club in Milton: The governor ended a long day of election-eve campaigning in his hometown.BOSTON, NOV. 1, 2010….As candidates prepared to the hand the reins of their campaigns over to the... Read more
The City Council will hold a hearing on Wednesday, Dec. 1 on how to handle City Councillor Chuck Turner's felony conviction, City Council President Michael Ross said this week. The hearing -- public at Turner's request -- will take place at 3 p.m.,... Read more
City Councillor Chuck Turner won't be appealing the verdict of a jury that found him guilty of taking a $1,000 bribe and lying to FBI agents about it, Turner said in a statement posted on his website Sunday.
He also said he's closing his district office.... Read more
City Councillor Chuck Turner and supporters on Saturday did what they do best: they held a rally.
Around 120 supporters of Turner gathered outside his Roxbury district office, about 24 hours after a jury unanimously convicted Turner on charges of... Read more
Councillor Chuck TurnerA federal jury on Friday convicted City Councillor Chuck Turner of accepting a $1,000 bribe and lying to FBI agents about it.
The unanimous verdict came after days of testimony and a day and a half of jury deliberation. The... Read more
The race for governor remains very close heading into the final weekend of the campaign, the latest State House News Poll shows.
Gov. Deval Patrick earned 40 percent, Republican Charlie Baker 37 percent, independent Tim Cahill 9 percent and Green/... Read more