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Deval Patrick

Deval Patrick | Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA/Newscom

Election 2020

The Democratic Primaries Get a Last-Minute Addition

Deval Patrick, former Massachusetts governor, is the latest to join an already-crowded field.

Zuri Davis | 11.14.2019 11:40 AM

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Reason Roundup

Democrats Cry Corruption, Republicans Denounce Hearsay at First Impeachment Hearings

Plus: California truck drivers sue over new labor law, Hong Kong clashes get medieval, Deval Patrick announces presidential bid, and more...

Christian Britschgi | 11.14.2019 9:30 AM

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Politics

Massachusetts' Botched Obamacare Exchange Build May Have Been Illegal As Well As Incompetent

Report finds that state misled federal officials about progress on the $135 million project.

Peter Suderman | 5.12.2015 10:45 AM

Politics

Massachusetts Scraps Its Broken Obamacare Exchange, Requests $121 Million to Build Another One

Peter Suderman | 5.9.2014 12:47 PM

Policy

Massachusetts Tackles an 'Epidemic of Opiate Abuse' by Banning One Version of Hydrocodone

Jacob Sullum | 3.31.2014 3:29 PM

Politics

Mass. Gov. Unveils $50 Million Climate Change Plan

Deval Patrick says "The question is not whether we need to act. We're past that"

Reason Staff | 1.15.2014 11:50 AM

Policy

States Try Tax Holidays To Jump-Start Economic Activity

No taxes are good taxes

Reason Staff | 8.2.2013 8:36 AM

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Politics

Thomas Menino, Deval Patrick Slam Rolling Stone Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Cover, Haven't Read Article

Outrage machine is outraged

Ed Krayewski | 7.17.2013 8:03 PM

Civil Liberties

Civil Libertarians Appalled by Tsarnaev Manhunt, Boston Residents Thrilled

While Boston residents celebrate the capture of suspected marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, civil libertarians question police tactics.

Garrett Quinn | 4.23.2013 7:30 AM

Politics

Economists Support Mass. Tax Hike, Shift

Income taxes would increase, but sales taxes would drop

Reason Staff | 3.11.2013 1:45 PM

Policy

Massachusetts Passes Health Care Price Controls. Costs Rise Anyway.

Peter Suderman | 3.6.2013 4:02 PM

Politics

RomneyCare and the Return of Taxachusetts

Peter Suderman | 1.24.2013 11:42 AM

Policy

MA Governor Wants To Hike Income Tax, Cut Sales Tax

He wants more money, of course

Reason Staff | 1.17.2013 3:40 PM

Policy

Mass. Gov. Unveils Own Gun Control Bill

Will increase funding for mental health and restrict gun purchases to one per month

Reason Staff | 1.16.2013 6:30 PM

Economics

MA Officials To Study Underground Economy

Why would anybody want to escape intrusive regulations and high taxes?

Reason Staff | 12.7.2012 10:36 PM

Policy

Mass. Commission to Reduce Health Costs Sworn In

Cough death panel cough

Reason Staff | 11.16.2012 9:15 PM

Civil Liberties

Mass. Gov.: Charges Likely in State Drug Lab Scandal

Chemist altered test results, forged signatures for about two to three years, affecting tens of thousands of cases

Reason Staff | 9.27.2012 3:23 PM

Policy

Mass. Governor Sees "Lack of Oversight" at Closed State Crime Lab

"There are going to be consequences. There are going to consequences on the civil side, on the criminal side."

Reason Staff | 9.10.2012 8:08 PM

Politics

Sorry, Liberals, RomneyCare Is Still Not Working

The Massachusetts health care overhaul continues to come up short.

Shikha Dalmia | 3.6.2012 7:00 AM

Policy

Will ObamaCare's Consumer Protections Actually Protect Consumers?

Peter Suderman | 7.26.2011 12:15 PM

Policy

The Medicaid Mess

Peter Suderman | 1.13.2011 3:12 PM

Politics

Medicaid: Can't Get Enough of Your Love Money, Baby

Peter Suderman | 1.6.2011 1:03 PM

Politics

Why Campaign Finance Rules Are an Affront to Free Speech, Vol. MCMLXII

Matt Welch | 12.14.2010 8:04 AM

Policy

In Massachusetts, the Health Insurance Game Adds More Players

Peter Suderman | 7.1.2010 10:53 AM

Politics

Temporary Funding Forever?

What happens when the federal government finally shuts short-term money down?

Peter Suderman | 6.30.2010 4:30 PM

Civil Liberties

Another Member of the "Borderline Sedition" Watchmen

Matt Welch | 5.24.2010 4:44 PM

Policy

Health Insurance Regulators Struggle To Define What Makes a Rate Hike "Unreasonable"

Peter Suderman | 5.17.2010 5:48 PM

Policy

Less Expensive Insurance Means Less Thorough Coverage

Peter Suderman | 4.20.2010 1:49 PM

Policy

Chaos in the Massachusetts Health Care Market

Peter Suderman | 4.9.2010 11:52 AM

Policy

Quit Playing Games With My Health Care System?

Peter Suderman | 4.5.2010 1:50 PM

Policy

A Price Control By Any Other Name Is Still A Price Control

Peter Suderman | 4.2.2010 10:43 AM

Politics

Fed Funds for More State Worker Overtime in Massachusetts

Brian Doherty | 3.5.2010 4:10 PM

Policy

Decisions About Medical Care Are Personal Decisions Between You, Your Doctor, and the State Government

Peter Suderman | 2.12.2010 11:29 AM

Politics

The Light Was Pink, Officer!

In defense of a new Massachusetts law forcing people to pay for their own traffic hearings

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.6.2009 3:00 PM

Policy

Preschool Failures

Missing benefits

Lisa Snell | 11.1.2008 11:01 PM

Science & Technology

Mass. Wants Two-Year Prison Terms for Online Poker Players

Radley Balko | 11.12.2007 1:28 PM

Deval Patrick

Loser's Millions

David Weigel | 9.20.2006 9:49 AM

Civil Liberties

Affirmative Agony

Robert Detlefsen | 7.1.1996 12:00 AM

Politics

Regulation: Spoils Sports

The adiministration's civil-rights agenda: income redistribution

Rick Henderson | 1.1.1995 12:00 AM

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