Patrick announces bill, order to reform CORI
Gov. Deval Patrick last week announced a bill and an executive order, both aimed at stemming what some have called excesses in the state's Criminal Offender Records Information (CORI) law. More »
BU, Morehouse archives of MLK papers to hit Web
Vita Paladino remembers. She remembers watching on television as the hoses unloaded, the water hammering black bodies to the pavement amid the crowded chaos of Southern streets. She remembers watching the horrors visited upon blacks during the civil rights demonstrations of the 1960s. She remembers being mortified. More »
Patrick seeks to raise workers? health care rates
Gov. Deval Patrick wants to shift more of the cost of health care onto the backs of state workers as a way to save money and help close a $1.3 billion budget gap. More »
Mass. program helps out American Indian veterans
BEDFORD - Army veteran Craig Cournoyer left behind his community of 400 people on a South Dakota reservation, moving thousands of miles to learn how to fix moldy, broken-down ventilation systems. More »
