Gov. Deval Patrick is planning to sign a bill outlawing the practice of handcuffing women prisoners to hospital beds during childbirth in Massachusetts.
Associated Press - Gov. Deval Patrick is downplaying any talk of a future White House run, saying he's focused on his day job and plans to return to the private sector when he leaves office.
Patrick said Monday he's ``not sending any signals or floating any trial balloons...
Gov. Deval Patrick's administration is trying to figure out how much it will cost the state to sort through the legal problems caused by the mishandling of evidence at a Massachusetts drug testing lab.
In a letter sent on Thursday, Secretary of Administration and Finance Jay Gonzalez asked district attorneys, court administrators and other officials for initial estimates of the costs they expect t
Gov. Deval Patrick says he believes the state will win an appeal of a judge's ruling ordering the state to provide sex-reassignment surgery for a convicted murderer.
In remarks to reporters Thursday, Patrick said he believes the state has ``a very strong argument'' against the surgery sought by Michelle Kosilek...
A former Taunton High School eighth-grade teacher accused of having sex with two 14-year-old students has been given permission by a judge to work part time in Rhode Island.