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GOVERNOR PATRICK'S TRAVELS
Full or partial days he has spent away from Massachusetts this year, as of May 10
Number of days
35
Current status: The governor is back in Massachusetts after concluding the first phase of his book tour
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TIMELINE
UMass chief to become interim president of Edward Kennedy Institute
Jack M. Wilson, the outgoing president of the University of Massachusetts, has been appointed as interim president of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, the institute announced today....DiMasi trial witness: 'I don't want to be here'
A key witness in the federal corruption trial of former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi took the witness stand today with a blunt confession: “I don’t want to be here.” Steven J. Topazio, a private attorney who shared office space and expenses with DiMasi, made the comment as he began undergoing questioning by the prosecution....Romney to give major health care speech
Mitt Romney is planning a major address on Thursday to discuss health care, in what could become a defining moment of his emerging presidential bid. Romney is planning to outline his plan to repeal President Obama’s health care plan and replace it with something else. The address will be given in Ann Arbor, Mich., at the University of Michigan’s Cardiovascular Center. ...Kerry jumps into cable fight
Kerry, the chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski for a report on rate changes in Boston and other Massachusetts towns....Kerry: Bin Laden death 'game-changing' chance in Afghanistan
Senator John Kerry today labeled Osama bin Laden's death "a potentially game-changing opportunity" for a political solution in war-torn Afghanistan....Local politics: Latest news
Durant breaks 6-month tie with Worcester seat victory
After six months, an improbable tie, and a court-ordered do-over in an election marked by charges of voter intimidation, the race for the Sixth Worcester District House seat was finally settled yesterday. (Globe Staff, 1:02 a.m.)
WATERTOWN
Councilor wins race for Mass. House seat
Watertown councilor John Lawn, a Democrat, soundly beat his Republican opponent, Jim Dixon, in yesterday’s special election to fill the state representative seat left vacant when Peter Koutoujian was appointed Middlesex sheriff earlier this year. Lawn received 1,814 votes, while Dixon got 868 for the 10th Middlesex House seat, according to unofficial results from the city and town clerks. The ... (Boston Globe, 1:57 a.m.)
Poll finds support for soda tax
In the past three years, Governor Deval Patrick has proposed applying the state sales tax to soda and candy, a measure aimed at raising revenue and curbing consumption of products that researchers tie to rising obesity rates among the state’s adults and children. Each time, lawmakers refused to go along. (Globe Staff, 12:52 a.m.)
National politics: Latest news
Tea party group to endorse Neb. Senate candidate
A prominent national tea party group will wade into a 2012 campaign for the first time Wednesday by naming its choice for U.S. Senate in Nebraska, but one of three GOP candidates seeking the nod questions whether such endorsements actually undermine the fledgling movement's rejection of party politics. (Associated Press, 3:40 a.m.)
Obama focusing on debt in meeting with Democrats
President Barack Obama is wading into the swirl of deficit-trimming budget plans, looking to cast himself as a broker in the struggle to tame the federal debt. (Associated Press, 3:20 a.m.)
House panel begins work on $553B defense budget
President Barack Obama's deficit-driven campaign to cut defense spending and the pace of withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan loom as divisive issues as a Republican-controlled House panel begins putting together the Pentagon's budget for next year. (Associated Press, 3:20 a.m.)