Governor’s wife backing Michael Capuano

The Bay State’s first lady Diane Patrick will endorse U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano in the heated race to...

GOP Senate candidate Scott Brown blasts NY trial for Mohammed

Republican Senate candidate Scott Brown wants President Barack Obama to overrule the attorney general on trying...

Dianne Patrick endorses Capuano in Senate race

The Bay State’s first lady Dianne Patrick will endorse U.S Rep. Michael Capuano in the heated race to replace...

Senate hopeful pitches free T for all

Straphangers would get a free ride and the T would get a massive federal bailout under a transportation plan...

Pagliuca: Kennedy would be with me on health care

Democrat Stephen Pagliuca said today the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy would side with him and not political rivals...

Failing schools put on notice

Fourteen chronically underperforming schools must shape up or face being closed and replaced with charter or pilot...

Deadline to register to vote for Kennedy successor arrives

BOSTON — The deadline for registering to vote in next month’s primary election to replace Edward...

City targets 14 schools for overhaul

Fourteen chronically underperforming schools mainly in Roxbury and Dorchester are slated for dramatic overhauls...

Robert C. Byrd becomes longest-serving Congress member

WASHINGTON — The Senate is marking a new milestone Wednesday when West Virginia Sen. Robert C. Byrd...

Byrd becomes longest-serving Congress member

WASHINGTON — West Virginia Sen. Robert C. Byrd became the longest-serving lawmaker in congressional history...

Khazei: I’ll never meet with a lobbyist if senator

Democrat Alan Khazei today turned an environmental forum into a platform to criticize two leading U.S. Senate rivals...

Capuano: Electing Coakley senator would be mistake

SOMERVILLE — Rep. Michael Capuano said today that Massachusetts voters would make a mistake if they sent...

Stephen Pagliuca profited off health-care mess

As Senate hopeful Stephen Pagliuca vows to carry the torch of Edward M. Kennedy on health care and jobs, the Herald...

Catholic Church pushes bill in chamber, chapels

WASHINGTON — For weeks, the Catholic Church has asked its parishioners to work toward ensuring tough...

Sources: Senate weighing long-term care in health reform

WASHINGTON — Senate health care legislation expected this week is likely to include a new long-term care...