BOSTON, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- The impasse in filling a deficit in the current fiscal year's budget in Connecticut is hardening.

BOSTON, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- More state workers are expected to lose their jobs as various New England states grapple with budget deficits. The Massachusetts governor is targeting an "excessive" number of lawyers on the state payroll, and Maine's governor says some 325 jobs will be c

BOSTON, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The downturn in the nation's economy is being felt all across New England, and for 2003 top governmental decision-makers will be struggling to address a multitu

CHICAGO, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Democrats won governor's races in Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Wyoming in Tuesday's midterm elections, but despite upsets in Georgia and South Carolina, there was no miracle in Florida, a Republican victor in Maryland and there may be n

AUGUSTA, Maine, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- In Maine's 2nd Congressional District, Democrat Mike Michaud held an 8 percentage point lead early Wednesday over Republican Kevin Raye. Unofficial returns from 67 percent of the precincts showed the state Senate president pro tempore with 54 percent of t

SACRAMENTO, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Patrick Reddy, a consultant to California Democrats, gives his predictions for Tuesday's elections.

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SACRAMENTO, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- The 2002 "midterm" elections have twice been overshadowed by foreign policy: first by the events of Sept. 11, 2001, and then in recent weeks by the sometimes-ra