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Buses wait to pick up students at Tantasqua Regional High School Wednesday. State budget cuts are making transportation an expensive challenge for regional school districts.

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Hoping to win a new chunk of federal stimulus money, Governor Deval Patrick pitched the Obama administration yesterday on three proposals that would expand broadband access in areas of Massachusetts that lack adequate high-speed connections.

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Gov. Deval Patrick says he's staying out of the Massachusetts Democratic Senate primary based on advice he got from the man the candidates are trying to replace: the late Sen.

Gov. Deval Patrick is making a two-day trip to Washington focused on state economic development and health care issues.

An independent review of the MBTA ordered by Gov. Deval Patrick has found years of neglect by the cash-strapped agency that is compromising passenger safety.

A somber Governor Deval Patrick says that in order to save 600 million dollars nearly 2 thousand state jobs will have to be eliminated.

Republican gubernatorial hopeful Charles D. Baker said today that he raised more than $500,000 last month, bringing his total haul to more than $1 million with a year to go before Election Day.

Gov. Deval Patrick has dealt a major blow to educational incentive pay police receive.

Two fishermen who reported trouble with their boat yesterday were found and rescued by the Coast Guard last night, said Petty Officer Connie Terrell.

The first unwritten rule of politics is that a politician does everything he or she can do to get re-elected. Often, and too sadly, doing what is right as opposed to what is popular are often at the different ends of the spectrum.

Gov. Deval Patrick has a new transportation team that looks a lot like his old one, prompting criticism from one prominent legislator and the head of a government watchdog group.

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, a Democrat, and former Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican, both say that federal health reform plans should do more to address rising costs than their state's initiative.

Cambridge police issued a safety warning to Harvard students, following a brutal attack near the Ivy League campus Tuesday night.

In a steady stream they approached the microphone, singly and in groups, to make their impassioned or dispassionate, facts-and-figures pleas for and against the most divisive issue currently facing the Massachusetts Legislature: expanded gaming.

Gov. Deval Patrick says he plans up to 2,000 state job cuts but will spare local aid and education funding threatened by a $600 million hole in the state budget.

The independent candidate running for governor in New Jersey says a Massachusetts Republican has urged him to quit the race.

This is a 12:53 p.m. update of a story posted at 12:45 p.m. BOSTON - Gov. Deval L. Patrick said Wednesday state employee labor unions still have not agreed to job-saving concessions as he prepares to announce how he will cut $600 million from the budget.