Story At birth, Hispanics can expect to live 80.6 years; that's about 2.5 years longer than the non-Hispanic white population and about 7.7 years longer than blacks. Overall, the life expectancy for the total population was 77.7 years, … [Read more...]

Story WASHINGTON - Doctors have injected millions of human embryonic stem cells into a patient partially paralyzed by a spinal cord injury, marking the beginning of the first carefully designed attempt to test the promising but … [Read more...]

StoryWhile answering a question about taxes at the North Shore Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday Patrick said "Personally, I'd like to see a progressive income tax and not a flat income tax. That's where I'd like to see us go." I know many … [Read more...]

But probably not the way he envisioned... SCOTUSD-2518 IN THE MATTER OF DISCIPLINE OF THOMAS M. FINNERAN  Thomas M. Finneran, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, is suspended from the practice of law in this Court and a rule will issue, … [Read more...]

Unions have pumped more than $1.3 million into the fight against a statewide ballot question designed to lower Massachusetts sales tax rate from 6.25 percent to 3 percent. And supporters of the question only have $18,000 in the bank. (David … [Read more...]

I know this is not a MA politics issue but those who don't care can skip it. About time The Senate unanimously passed a bill late Wednesday to require television stations and cable companies to limit the volume of commercials and keep them … [Read more...]

Alan Grayson has sunk to a new low. Below is his latest political ad against his opponent Dan Webster. But Webster released the full video which Grayson pulled the partial quotes from and clearly Grayson's video is totally … [Read more...]

Nice glasses... A poll just released by Politico The poll found that 81 percent of those polled get their news about the midterm elections from cable channels, like Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, or their websites, compared with 71 percent from … [Read more...]

Story With just five weeks to the election, Republican Charles D. Baker has pulled even with Governor Deval Patrick in a gubernatorial race shaped by anti-incumbent sentiment and unusually high excitement among Republican voters, according … [Read more...]

FOX's Mike Beaudt reports Gov. Deval Patrick's public safety administration has sat for a year on a request by federal immigration authorities to sign up for a controversial new program aimed at finding and deporting immigrants with serious … [Read more...]