Massachusetts governor requests disaster aid for shellfishermen after red tide outbreak (Canadian Business)

5 September 2008, 1:17 pm

BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is requesting federal disaster aid for shellfishermen hurt by this year's red tide outbreaks. Between April and July, high levels of the toxic algae closed more than 600,000 acres of shellfish areas between the North Shore and Cape Cod.... read more

BREAKING NEWS: Legislature, governor approve alcohol ballot questions (Melrose Free Press)

5 September 2008, 1:12 pm

Melrosians will get to vote on liquor sales in Melrose after all. Thursday, both House and Senate approved the two ballot questions on whether to allow up to three retail stores to sell beer and wine and whether to allow restaurants with between 50-100 seats to apply for a beer and wine license. Gov... read more

Mass. governor requests aid for shellfishermen (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

5 September 2008, 1:03 pm

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is requesting federal disaster aid for shellfishermen hurt by this year's red tide outbreaks.... read more

Tribe Asks Governor To Start Negotiations For Casino Compact (The Falmouth Enterprise)

5 September 2008, 9:56 am

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council  to meet with Governor Patrick to begin negotiations over the tribe’s proposed casino resort.... read more

Latest Additions (The Barnstable Patriot)

5 September 2008, 6:25 am

The Massachusetts Governor’s Council is a vital, not vestigial, part of democratic government. That’s the message that incumbent Carole Fiola wants to stress in this election cycle.... read more

The Trail (Washington Post)

4 September 2008, 11:36 pm

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- In the heat of the Republican primary battle, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney blasted John McCain as "outside the mainstream of conservative Republican thought."... read more

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