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  • August 2008

    • Democrats Take Aim at Romney

      Politico  |  Aug 26, 08 4:49 PM CDT

      Democrats Take Aim at Romney

      (Newser) - From the way Democrats are acting, they might believe Mitt Romney is the front-runner to become John McCain’s running mate, Alexander Burns writes in Politico. Denver is abuzz with attacks on the former Massachusetts governor: Barack Obama’s campaign manager called Romney a “job-killing machine,” and Deval Patrick, who has Romney’s old job, pointed out the Republican’s neglect of that position. More »

    • Mass. Trumpets Success of Health Mandate

      Boston Globe  |  Aug 20, 08 1:55 PM CDT

      Mass. Trumpets Success of Health Mandate

      (Newser) - About 75% of Massachusetts residents who had been uninsured now have health coverage, thanks to the state’s closely watched, near-universal health care mandate, says a new report from Gov. Deval Patrick. Nearly half of the 439,000 newly insured bought private insurance, rather than taxpayer-funded plans, the Boston Globe reports. And the number of patients using emergency rooms for routine treatments has fallen significantly. More »

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      health insurance  • Massachusetts  • universal health care  • insurance  • emergency room  • Deval Patrick

  • July 2008

    • Mass. Allows Marriages for Out-of-State Gays

      Boston Globe  |  Jul 31, 08 4:07 PM CDT

      Mass. Allows Marriages for Out-of-State Gays

      (Newser) - Massachusetts will now allow gay and lesbian couples from other states to marry there. Gov. Deval Patrick today signed a law overturning a 1913 measure originally crafted against interracial marriage, the Globe reports. Massachusetts is the second state, after California, to allow same-sex marriages, regardless of residence. A flood of couples is expected from New York, which does not marry gay couples but recognizes unions from elsewhere. More »

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      gay marriage  • Massachusetts  • Deval Patrick  • interracial marriage

    • Mass. Senate Votes to Allow Out-of-State Gays to Wed

      Boston Globe  |  Jul 15, 08 10:45 PM CDT

      Mass. Senate Votes to Allow Out-of-State Gays to Wed

      (Newser) - A 1913 law that blocks out-of-state gay couples from marrying in Massachusetts could soon be history. The state Senate has passed a bill that would repeal the law, which former Gov. Mitt Romney used four years ago to stop gay non-residents from marrying in his state, the Boston Globe reports. Supporters of the bill called the law discriminatory and archaic. More »

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      Mitt Romney  • gay marriage  • Massachusetts  • gay  • lesbians  • Deval Patrick

  • June 2008

    • Gay Daughter No Problem for Mass. Governor

      Boston Globe  |  Jun 13, 08 2:23 PM CDT

      Gay Daughter No Problem for Mass. Governor

      (Newser) - For some politicians—Dick Cheney, say, or Alan Keyes—a gay daughter might be a major inconvenience. But the public coming-out yesterday of Katherine Patrick, daughter of supportive Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, is being praised as a "very powerful statement" by gay-rights groups, and the low-key nature of how Katherine Patrick's sexuality was made public—in a Massachusetts GLBT weekly—was hailed for its sensibility. More »

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      gay marriage  • gay rights  • Massachusetts  • gay  • Deval Patrick

  • February 2008

    • 'Black Geniuses' Remark is OK

      Washington Post  |  Feb 26, 08 6:30 PM CST

      'Black Geniuses' Remark is OK

      (Newser) - The presidential race is so odd that Geraldo Rivera has pondered "black geniuses" on Fox—which was “absurd in a way that’s new and refreshing," Eugene Robinson writes in the Washington Post . Rivera was talking about Barack Obama and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick last week on "Fox and Friends" when he said, "It's almost as if they went to a camp where these black geniuses got together," Rivera said. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Fox News  • Deval Patrick  • Cory Booker  • Geraldo Rivera  • Adrian Fenty

    • Clinton Camp Calls Obama Plagiarist

      Chicago Tribune  |  Feb 18, 08 6:48 PM CST

      Clinton Camp Calls Obama Plagiarist

      (Newser) - Hillary Clinton accused Barack Obama of plagiarism today over a speech he gave two nights ago, the Swamp blog reports. Obama retaliated by hitting Hillary with five instances of her robbing his words, including "Yes, we can" and "Bring this country together." But the Illinois senator later admitted to lifting phrases from a 2006 speech by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Election 2008  • Obama 2008  • Clinton 2008  • presidential politics  • plagiarism  • Deval Patrick

  • January 2008

    • Big Dig's Big Mess Nets Big Settlement

      Boston Herald  |  Jan 23, 08 6:34 PM CST

      Big Dig's Big Mess Nets Big Settlement

      (Newser) - Contractors on the botched Boston construction project dubbed the Big Dig will pay state and federal authorities $458 million for its “gross failures.” But Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff will avoid criminal charges for a fatal 2006 ceiling collapse and won’t be banned from future government contracts, the Boston Herald reports. Massachusetts attorney general Martha Coakley called it “the best possible solution.” More »

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      Boston  • Massachusetts  • construction  • contractors  • Deval Patrick  • Big Dig

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