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Gov. Deval Patrick's administration has unveiled a new plan for dealing with the mounting costs associated with the alleged mishandling of evidence at a state drug lab. 

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Massachusetts state officials say they found unclean conditions including visible black specks of fungus in steroids made by a pharmacy linked to a deadly outbreak of meningitis.

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Gov. Deval Patrick calls 'very frustrating' the federal government's rejection of a casino compact the state had reached with the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe. 

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Though it seems like it's screeched to a halt, Mayor Jon Mitchell says the forces on Beacon Hill are hard at work pushing the South Coast Rail project forward.

Mitchell and other Southcoast elected officials met with Governor Deval Patrick and Transportation Secretary Richard Davey this week, hearing the latest developments on the initiative.

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Gov. Deval Patrick is calling Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown "a Bay State birther" for running television ads focusing on Democratic rival Elizabeth Warren's claims of Native American heritage.  Patrick made the comment during an interview on WCVB-TV.  Asked whether the ads are good political strategy, Patrick, a Democrat, said he hoped not, adding ``Sen. Brown has turned into a Bay State birther.''  The ads suggest Warren used the claims to get hired as a Harvard Law School professor, something she's denied.  A Brown spokesman said Warren could end the issue by releasing more documents.  Patrick's comment refers to so-called ``birthers'' who maintain President Barack Obama was born in Kenya despite the fact that Hawaii officials have repeatedly verified Obama's citizenship.  Warren has said she was told growing up her mother had Native American heritage.

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The Bristol County sheriff says 'blatantly inadequate' funding of his department puts public safety in jeopardy and may force him to close the facility for pretrial detainees. 

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Gov. Deval Patrick has announced formation of a special unit to sort through tens of thousands of criminal cases that may have been compromised by the mishandling of drug evidence in a now-closed state laboratory.

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Gov. Deval Patrick is predicting 'consequences' for what he calls a 'breakdown in oversight' at a now-closed state crime lab.

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During his speech at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, Governor Deval Patrick made it clear that Mitt Romney was not good for Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick will participate in a panel discussion about the Democratic Party during the Democratic National Convention next month. The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation will host the discussion, "Changing Political Demographics and the Future of the Democratic Party,'' on Sept

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