state of the state

Praise on both sides for Governor Baker's State of the State speech.

Gov. Charlie Baker hailed what he called the spirit of bipartisanship on Beacon Hill as he detailed some of his goals for the new year in his first State of the State address. The Republican governor spoke for about 25 minutes to a joint session of the Legislature _ overwhelmingly controlled by Democrats _ and a statewide television audience Thursday evening...

Deval Patrick looked back at his legacy and ahead to his last year in office as he delivered his final State of the State address.       Patrick pledged to continue to make government more effective, calling for an overhaul of Massachusetts' unemployment insurance system and vowing to pass legislation making it easier to register to vote...

Gov. Deval Patrick plans to use his last State of the State address to reflect on his seven years in office so far and lay out his goals for the final months of his administration. In excerpts provided by the governor's office from the speech prepared for delivery Tuesday night, Patrick says when he took office in 2007 he expected financial challenges, but not a ``global economic collapse... Read