Gov. Deval Patrick is accepting no responsibility for the Democratic Party losing the State House Corner Office to Republican Charlie Baker after holding it for two terms, telling "Meet the Press" moderator Chuck Todd this morning, "the outcome of elections depend on the candidates, not the folks or the guy on the sidelines."
Ferguson, Mo., will establish a civilian review board to monitor police conduct and will recruit more African American officers, the mayor announced Sunday.
State judicial campaigns once were typically sedate affairs, little noticed outside of bar association dinners, but that is changing rapidly under a new wave of campaign spending driven by outside political groups and unlimited donations.
Since 2004, nine U.S. Catholic dioceses have filed for bankruptcy court protection as part of the clergy sexual abuse crisis that now threatens the finances of the Twin Cities archdiocese.
The Obama administration overstated 2014 enrollment in health insurance plans purchased through the Affordable Care Act by more than 5 percent, officials acknowledged Thursday after the error was discovered by a congressional oversight committee.
