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Plan To Aid Homeless
Plan To Aid Homeless
Plan To Aid Homeless
State officials hope to leverage private-sector funding to help reduce the number of chronically homeless people in Massachusetts. Gov. Deval Patrick plans to unveil the initiative on Monday. Known as Social Impact Bonds or Pay for Success contracts, they rely on upfront funding from private capital investments and charitable donations...
Patrick Signs Executive Order
Patrick Signs Executive Order
Patrick Signs Executive Order
With less than seven weeks left in office, Gov. Deval Patrick has signed an executive order he says will promote parks and open spaces in urban neighborhoods where green areas are traditionally in short supply. The outgoing Democrat said the order requires open space goals be taken into consideration in executive branch decisions across state government...
Firefighters Win Awards
Firefighters Win Awards
Firefighters Win Awards
The State's 25th annual ceremony honoring bravery by firefighters in Massachusetts recognized four members of the New Bedford Fire Department. Among those receiving Medals of Valor were Lt. Mark Raposa and Firefighter Matthew Forand for life-saving actions while battling a house fire on Dartmouth Street earlier this year...
Resolution Getting Closer?
Resolution Getting Closer?
Resolution Getting Closer?
Gov. Deval Patrick says he hopes to talk again to warring cousins whose battle over management of the Market Basket grocery store chain has sparked an employee walkout and customer boycott. Patrick said he will likely speak to Arthur T...
Patrick Offers To Help
Patrick Offers To Help
Patrick Offers To Help
Gov. Deval Patrick is urging Market Basket's board of directors to quickly resolve the question of leadership at the supermarket chain. In a letter to the board Friday, Patrick said he's not choosing sides, but that ``by any measure, the disruption that followed your recent change in CEO has gotten out of hand...
State Sticks With Own Software
State Sticks With Own Software
State Sticks With Own Software
Officials overseeing Massachusetts' hobbled health care exchange have decided the state should stick with its own software rather than switch over to the federal government's health insurance market. For the past several months the state has adopted a ``dual-track'' approach calling for buying software that has powered insurance marketplaces in other states while also laying the groundwork for a s
Still Considering Options
Still Considering Options
Still Considering Options
Gov. Deval Patrick says he has still not made a final decision on whether Massachusetts will shelter some of the unaccompanied children crossing the nation's southern border illegally. Patrick did confirm on Thursday that the Camp Edwards military base on Cape Cod was among the possible sites being considered for a secure detention facility...
Bill Increases Death Benefit
Bill Increases Death Benefit
Bill Increases Death Benefit
Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a bill increasing the state's line-of-duty death benefit for the families of public safety officers. The Massachusetts House and Senate quickly approved the bill after two Boston firefighters _ Firefighter Michael Kennedy and Lt...
Koczera Will Vote “No” On Tribal Casino Compact
Koczera Will Vote “No” On Tribal Casino Compact
Koczera Will Vote “No” On Tribal Casino Compact
Rep. Robert Koczera of New Bedford says he'll be voting against the casino compact agreed to by Gov. Patrick and the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, and he hopes his colleagues will do the same.  The tribe is hoping to build a resort casino in Taunton, but has yet to convince the federal government to put land in trust for the project...