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Democrats try to put Scott Brown on defensive with new ethics charge

By Mark Trumbull, Christian Science Monitor

In the closely watched Massachusetts race for the US Senate, candidates and their allies traded jabs on real or supposed ethical lapses Wednesday.

Sen. Scott Brown (R), the incumbent, was accused of violating …

MA: State’s junk food ban could take bite out of school fundraisers

By Laurel J. Sweet and Chris Cassidy, Boston Herald

Bake sales, the calorie-laden standby cash-strapped classrooms, PTAs and booster clubs rely on, will be outlawed from public schools as of Aug. 1 as part of new no-nonsense nutrition standards, forcing fundraisers …

Mass. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren explains past listing of Native American heritage

By Associated Press

BRAINTREE, Mass. — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren said Wednesday she listed herself as having Native American heritage in law school directories because she hoped to meet people with similar roots.

Warren, a Harvard Law School professor, …

The Agony of the Massachusetts Republican

BY JOHN H. RICHARDSON, Esquire

Scott Brown’s game face is a thing of beauty. It actually is. Impassive and unyielding as a figure on Easter Island, formed from the hard years when he raised himself and his hard years as a basketball …

Massachusetts: Scott Brown Ended March With $15 Million

By Joshua Miller, Roll Call

The campaign of Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown (R) raised $3.4 million in the first quarter of 2012 and had about $15 million in cash on hand — a huge war chest for his race against Harvard …

US Sen. Scott Brown delivers $34,545 check under ad deal

BOSTON – Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown has delivered a $34,545 check to the Autism Consortium in Boston as part of a deal to discourage third-party ads in the Senate race.

The check is half the money spent by the oil …

Patrick Kennedy, Scott Brown trade fire on health care

By Hillary Chabot  | The Boston Herald
Ex-Congressman Patrick Kennedy stepped into the roiling contraception debate between U.S. Sen. Scott Brown and Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren today, demanding that Brown stop linking his dad — the late Edward M. Kennedy, whose …

Joe Kennedy III announces run for Barney Frank’s seat

By Rachel Weiner, The Boston Globe
The Kennedys are officially back into the family business.

Joseph Kennedy III, a scion of the famous political family, announced Thursday that will run for the Massachusetts House seat being vacated by Rep. Barney Frank (D).

“Congressman Frank …

Massachusetts: Joseph Kennedy III Has Big Lead in New Poll

By Joshua Miller Posted at 8:45 a.m. today

In Massachusetts, the Kennedy name is still gold.

Attorney Joseph Kennedy III, the son of ex-Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-Mass.) and the likely Democratic nominee in the Bay State’s 4th district, had a huge lead …

US Sen. Brown kicks off campaign re-election bid

By STEVE LeBLANC, The San Francisco Chronicle

Worcester, Mass. — U.S. Sen. Scott Brown officially kicked off his re-election campaign Thursday, casting his chief Democratic opponent Elizabeth Warren as an ideologue and pledging to be an independent voice in a deeply …

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