Patrick seeks job cuts, new school aid
The budget plan released by Governor Patrick would eliminate 400 executive branch jobs and close a prison in Norfolk, but would also boost state aid to local schools and community colleges.
The budget plan released by Governor Patrick would eliminate 400 executive branch jobs and close a prison in Norfolk, but would also boost state aid to local schools and community colleges.
With at least $15 million already pouring into advertising, the Florida primary looms as a potential death match in the Republican presidential nominating contest.
Running in a newly configured Congressional district is not the only problem facing Rep. William R. Keating, who now finds himself shadow boxing with another powerful figure.
Rents in the Boston area hit record highs in the last quarter of 2011, pushed up by increased demand and declining inventory.
When the last American troops left Iraq in December, the war began anew for Nancy Chamberlain, whose son crashed and died in a sandstorm on the first night of the invasion.
Largely unknown to Patriots fans two months ago, Sterling Moore earned attention at the AFC Championship game when he broke up two potential game-winning touchdown passes.
The late Middlesex Sheriff James V. DiPaola led an office where employees who donated to his campaign fund expected favorable treatment, but no criminal charges will be filed in connection to the donations.
“When they announced that all the troops were coming home, I lost it. My son wasn’t coming home, and that was the first time I let it sink in.”
Mary Chamberlain, mother of a Marine who died in Iraq
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Authorities announced yesterday that they had arrested Peter Buchanan, a 10-year city employee who had worked most recently in the Newton Public Library.
Hoping to combat the growing epidemic of childhood obesity, the Obama administration yesterday announced its long-awaited changes to government-subsidized school meals.
President Obama’s Democratic allies in the Senate promised to press ahead with legislation to require those earning $1 million annually pay at least 30 percent in taxes.
Houghton and Pearson have dedicated teams working with Apple’s new software tools to create textbooks for the iPad.
Five rotation players missed Monday’s 87-56 victory over the Magic, and if Celtics coach Doc Rivers is lucky, only two will sit out tonight’s rematch in Orlando.
Design houses such as agnes b., Thom Browne, and Givenchy attempted alien anticipation of the future, while Louis Vuitton and Kenzo opted for a gentlemen’s view of updated masculine elegance.
Feeling bad has seldom felt so good. The touring stage adaptation of Green Day’s 2004 album has arrived at the Boston Opera House, and it is flat-out electrifying.
“What do you do with a policy known as the DREAM Act but that was defeated by Senate Republicans? Simply, take away its name.”
Juliette Kayyem
“The unipolar world isn’t necessarily better than what preceded it, either for the US or for the rest of the world. It might even be worse.”
Thanassis Cambanis, on the trouble with American dominance