Deval Patrick Erin Deveney, interim head of Department of Children and Families, left, speaks as Gov. Deval Patrick, right, stands alongside at a news conference Tuesday, April 29, 2014 in Boston.

Gov. Deval Patrick says there remains considerable misunderstanding about the state's offer to shelter unaccompanied children from Central America crossing the nation's southern border.

An emotional Governor Deval Patrick today strongly defended his plan to provide temporary shelter to children who have crossed the US-Mexico border illegally, and said he had identified two ...

Governor Deval Patrick on Wednesday said he wanted to find a way for Massachusetts to help alleviate the crisis of children seeking to cross the U.S.-Mexico border, avoiding the type of feud with ...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick will not run for President in 2020, he announced on Thursday, citing the “cruelty of our elections process” and the effect it would have on those close ...

Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is telling allies that he will join the 2020 presidential race, reports say. Democrat Deval Patrick tells allies he will run for president - Los Angeles Times ...

Gov. Deval Patrick said he is reviewing his options after he met with embattled state child welfare boss Olga Roche and her boss yesterday amid an outcry for her ouster by Democratic leaders follow… ...

Mrs. Patrick says after her husband Governor Deval Patrick was elected, she didn't know what to expect, and she was not prepared for the scrutiny, criticism and media reports.

It’s the defining dilemma of the current election season: After eight years in office, Gov. Deval Patrick remains wildly popular; but as the battle to succeed him heats up, the list of problems that ...

Deval Patrick says he's living the American dream. He's the first black governor of Massachusetts, one of only two ever elected as governor in American history. But he says many Americans feel the ...

BOSTON - When Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick took office in 2006, there was no sign of the looming Great Recession, which would cause unemployment to spike and devastate state budgets. Looking ...