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...Bailey said that the state underestimated the popularity of the program “by a huge amount,” and that Mass. Gov. Deval L. Patrick ’78 is trying to close the gap between how much hospitals spend and how much the state reimburses. As one of the 10 largest health systems in the state, the Health Alliance currently receives over 700,000 patient visits a year—and that number is expected to increase in coming years. Representatives at the state’s Executive Office of Health and Human Services were...
...This month, an Alaskan mother hit the jackpot. Gov. Sarah Palin? No, Kaylene Johnson, the author of Sarah, the first book to be published about Palin. The slender volume, written well before John McCain chose Palin as his running mate, sold some 10,000 copies when it originally came out in April. Now, with 350,000 copies in print and counting, the book has rocketed onto the New York Times bestseller list...
...itself as a permanent, standalone biomedical research organization. The funds will be invested with the goal of growing the $400 million into a $1 billion endowment, which may require more gifts from other donors, Eli Broad said at a press conference following a series of speeches that included Mass. Gov. Deval L. Patrick ’78, University President Drew G. Faust, and MIT President Susan Hockfield. Plans for the management of the funds have not yet been finalized. The Broads, who made their fortune in Southern California real estate and founded two Fortune 500 companies, gave their first...
...That said, the almost messianic, unitive ambitions that may hang around Sen. Obama like a halo seem to pale in comparison to those expressed by his opponent’s running mate, who hopes to shift the collective consciousness altogether and to extremes. The most worrying aspect of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s résumé is not her vacillation on earmarks, and certainly not her 17-year-old daughter’s pregnancy. Rather, it’s the totalizing philosophy the governor seems to have picked...
...Gov. Sarah Palin's vice presidential candidacy has breathed new life into Alaska's local media, energizing the commentators who have been chronicling the state's tumultuous political landscape - from Troopergate to the Bridge to Nowhere. Here's a few of the Alaskan bloggers who know Palin best and are breaking news about the governor...