Romney, US Sen. Brown play down past connections

20 May 2012, 8:35 am

Massachusetts Republicans Mitt Romney and Scott Brown have a history of supporting each other throughout their political careers.... Read More »

Republicans Romney, Sen. Brown play down connections as they face different election fights

20 May 2012, 6:09 am

Massachusetts Republicans Mitt Romney and Scott Brown have a history of supporting each other throughout their political careers.... Read More »

New England's best ice cream

19 May 2012, 11:12 pm

ACLU of Massachusetts Legal Director Matthew R. Segal wrote this guest blog.... Read More »

How should Massachusetts bring down health care costs?

19 May 2012, 3:27 pm

No issue touches on more constituencies, or is more important to the welfare of the Commonwealth, than health care. The...... Read More »

Speaker Robert DeLeo to Mark Zuckerberg: Open a Facebook office in Massachusetts

18 May 2012, 5:45 pm

Massachusetts House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo is urging Facebook to consider opening an office in the Bay State, where the social media company has its roots. DeLeo made his plea in an open letter to chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, who cofounded Facebook in a Harvard University dorm room in 2004. Zuc... Read More »

Massachusetts to receive $19.8 million as part of multi-state settlements with Abbott Laboratories

18 May 2012, 5:33 pm

Massachusetts will get $19.8 million as part of a pair of multi-state settlements with Illinois drug company Abbott Laboratories, which agreed to pay a total of $900 million and plead guilty to violating a federal drug law to resolve charges of illegal off-label marketing. The settlements revolve ar... Read More »

Fitch Rates Massachusetts' $350MM GO Bonds 'AA+'; Outlook Stable

18 May 2012, 12:58 pm

Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA+' rating to the following Commonwealth of Massachusetts general obligation bonds:... Read More »

Massachusetts to save $91 million in health insurance costs, regulators say

17 May 2012, 11:12 pm

Massachusetts will save approximately $91 million over the next year -- and thousands of residents who receive state-subsidized health insurance will keep the same benefits with no co-payment increases -- thanks to renegotiated contracts with insurers, regulators announced Wednesday.... Read More »

Massachusetts releases report cards on hospital-acquired infections

17 May 2012, 10:53 pm

Massachusetts public health officials have called together patient safety leaders to determine why hospitals reported a high rate of surgical infections among women who received vaginal hysterectomies over the past two years. The infection rates for vaginal hysterectomies emerged as health officials... Read More »

Is Facebook Moving Back to Massachusetts?

17 May 2012, 5:58 am

The Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Robert DeLeo, is getting local media attention??by imploring??CEO to move??Facebook?s headquarters back to Massachusetts. For DeLeo, it?s a cleverly-timed??way to get attention for a mind-bogglingly stupid idea. DeLeo told a local TV station... Read More »