Massachusetts Politics News

POLITICAL OPINION With all the talk about Afghanistan, Abortion and America lately, I've been distracted from Hugo. You know him as Dictator Hugo Chavez or El- President-O-For-Life. He's the guy that once elected as the President in Venezuela's three party...

State Sen. Scott Brown won the Republican nomination Tuesday in the race to succeed the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, while Democratic front-runner Attorney General Martha Coakley held significant lead in early returns. Jim Gomes, director of the Mosakowski Institute for...

Patrick, who last year championed a failed proposal to bring casino gambling to Massachusetts, quizzed the opponents during a 75-minute meeting –15 minutes longer than scheduled in order to accommodate the governor’s questions, according to attendees.

Deval Patrick yesterday brushed off criticism of his proposal to plant 166 massive wind turbines off the coast of toney Martha’s Vineyard, even as he sought to reassure the wealthy enclave’s enraged residents he’s not spoiling for a fight. “Wind...

The general election will be Jan. 19, meaning the campaign will continue through the holidays. "This is not something you want to do in Massachusetts in the middle of winter," Secretary of State Bill Galvin says. The end result: an...

T he Middlesex District Attorney’s Office and the state Department of Correction are poring over details of last week’s escape of an inmate who walked away from a minimum security prison after learning he was indicted. “We are currently having...

Mayor John Barrett III had "absolutely" no intention of publicizing how his former administrative officer bitterly left City Hall last year, and eventually worked against his re-election bid in November. Barrett said The Republican newspaper of Springfield approached him about...

N.H.— The New Hampshire Attorney General's office says a man who ran from a shooting in Berlin that left one man dead and another injured has been found. New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney says the investigation is still ongoing...