Health cost issue divides former allies in Mass.
The state’s largest business groups, which came together for the 2006 health care law, are now divided over how to handle health costs.
Heavy storm could bring tornadoes in Western Mass.
A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire counties, and a tornado watch for Berkshire County.
Former House speaker Tom Finneran leaving radio show
Finneran’s last day as host of the morning talk show on WRKO-AM will be Thursday.
Trial under texting while driving law begins
A Haverhill teen is believed to be the first person prosecuted for motor vehicle homicide under a state law that made it a crime to drive and text.
Body found off Castle Island in South Boston
The body of a 60-year-old Dorchester man was found near the Sugar Bowl, a body of water enclosed by a jetty.
Lawmakers yet to agree on bridging T funds gap
Key legislators say they remain confident that an infusion of $51 million in state money will be allocated before a July 1 deadline.
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Pair dead in South Boston fire believed slain
The deaths of a man and woman are being treated as a double homicide because investigators believe they were killed before the blaze, authorities say.
For this comic, US history book no joke
Mike Donovan, 57, a stand-up comedian, Southie guy, and history madman, is ready to publish a tome of 1.6 million words that took three decades to finish.
Sold-out Cape hotels mean brisk business
On a sun-splashed holiday weekend, New Englanders flocked to coastal towns in droves, buoying hotel and shop owners with hopes of a resurgent summer.
4 suspects sought in Mattapan block party shooting
Just after midnight on Sunday, four men fired several rounds into the crowd, injuring five people, two of them seriously, police said.
Prominent defense lawyer faces US charges
Federal prosecutors accuse Robert George of conspiring to help a former client launder drug money, and of restructuring bank deposits in violation of tax laws.
Center hasn’t challenged aversion therapy rules
The Judge Rotenberg Educational Center has admitted 28 students since the state imposed new regulations on electrical skin-shocks, but the Canton school has yet to challenge the rules.
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Political Intelligence
Political Intelligence
Timing is a key in running-mate selection
Mitt Romney is taking a campaign break in California this Memorial Day weekend, but at his Boston headquarters, his search for a running mate proceeds unabated.
Starts & Stops
Starts & Stops
After pain of bridge work, users have ideas for fixes
E-mail had poured into Starts and Stops about the Sagamore repairs that caused weeknight congestion and slowed traffic to a crawl for miles on Sundays.
Obituaries
Normand Girard, former Somerville Hospital president
During 30 years as president of Somerville Hospital, Normand E. Girard, who died May 20 in Winchester, oversaw expansion while making health care for the poor a priority.
Regionals
Camp offered to children of those who died in military
Navy Petty Officer Jason Main established Friends Never Forget, a nonprofit that raises money to send children of military personnel who died while on active duty to summer camp.
