From: NECN on Tue, Jan 26 2010 7:21 PM

(NECN) - On the Braude Beat, a preview of what America will hear in President Obama’s State of the Union speech, and should a ban on texting while driving be expanded to include all drivers? Also more on the the Daniel Kerrigan death investigation...

From: NECN on Tue, Jan 26 2010 7:20 PM

(NECN: Jim Braude) - President Obama is stumbling, and there is a new person to blame. You remember this guy, David Plouffe, the mastermind of President Obama’s 2008 campaign victory. Well, as you know, he's back after getting a "S.O.S" call...

From: NECN on Tue, Jan 26 2010 7:20 PM

(NECN) - In the 2010 contest for Governor of Massachusetts, Governor Deval Patrick’s approval rating is down, but he's still the man to beat. A Republican with State House experience and a flush campaign account is hoping to send patrick packing...

From: NECN on Tue, Jan 26 2010 1:19 PM

(NECN: Alison King, Roxbury, Mass.) - The political world’s newest star is making the rounds. Massachusetts Senator-Elect Scott Brown is making a few courtesy calls today — first to the Mayor of Boston and then to a private meeting with African...

From: NECN on Mon, Jan 25 2010 8:16 PM

(NECN: Alison King) - Scott Brown’s Massachusetts Senate victory a week ago has Democratic incumbents taking a fresh look at their campaign strategies. Among them, Governor Deval Patrick. Patrick is dealing with a sluggish economy, low approval...

From: NECN on Mon, Jan 25 2010 7:15 PM

(NECN) - On the Braude Beat, tragedy for Nancy Kerrigan. Her father dies, her brother is accused of assaulting the father moments before his death. The family is defending the brother, saying it was a heart attack, and nothing more. President...

From: NECN on Mon, Jan 25 2010 7:15 PM

(NECN) - Former Massachusetts State Treasurer Joe Malone is eying a run for Congress. Malone says he is in the process of announcing his candidacy, and should have a definite answer within the next month. Malone said he had thought about the run...

From: NECN on Mon, Jan 25 2010 6:15 PM

(NECN: Brian Burnell, Wolcott, Conn.) - Bruce Brown is in security. His company is Northeast Surveillance and Communications, and he spends his days setting up security systems and spare time coaching his two children in sports. Last Tuesday night,...

From: NECN on Sun, Jan 24 2010 7:11 PM

(NECN/ABC) - It’s a new ballgame at the White House. Stunned by the loss of a U.S. Senate seat long-held by a Democrat, the Obama administration is going all out to prevent a possible Democratic disaster in the crucial 2010 mid-term elections. And...

From: NECN on Sat, Jan 23 2010 7:05 PM

(NECN: Washington, D.C.) - David Plouffe, the man who led President Obama’s winning campaign for the White House, will play a larger role in advising the president. The move comes as Democrats try to rally in this important election year after losses...

From: NECN on Sat, Jan 23 2010 9:03 AM

(NECN) - On Saturday morning in his weekly radio and Internet address, President Barack Obama talked about how it will be the priority of his administration to "repair the damage" done by the Supreme Court decision easing limits on campaign spending by...

From: NECN on Fri, Jan 22 2010 10:00 PM

(NECN: RD Sahl) - Few people gave Scott Brown a chance of winning back in September when he announced his candidacy in a small room inside the Omni Parker House in Boston. Brown got in, only after more well-known republicans had decided to stay...

From: NECN on Fri, Jan 22 2010 10:00 PM

(NECN: Ally Donnelly) - Long before he had dreams of Washington, Senator-elect Scott Brown had a head filled with basketball and typical teenage ambitions. He grew up in the solidly middle class suburb of Wakefield 10 miles north of Boston. Class of...

From: NECN on Fri, Jan 22 2010 10:00 PM

(NECN) - People will talk about it for years. Just how did a largely unknown Republican State Senator from Wrentham, Massachusetts win a U.S. Senate seat held by two Kennedys for nearly six decades? Jim Braude takes a look at how Brown used the...

From: NECN on Fri, Jan 22 2010 9:00 PM

(NECN: Beth Shelburne) - It was Ayla Brown who broke the news election night, and since then, she is nearly the hottest ticket in town, second only to her dad. We caught up with Ayla in between classes and basketball practice at Boston College...

From: NECN on Fri, Jan 22 2010 9:00 PM

(NECN) - Until recently, Ayla Brown was the most famous member of the Brown family, from her success on American Idol. Both of Senator-elect Scott Brown’s daughters were front and center on election night, and their dad's comments certainly brought them...

From: NECN on Fri, Jan 22 2010 7:00 PM

(NECN) - Eric Fehrnstrom made his mark as a political reporter, but for years now he’s been a consummate political insider. Now he can claim to be one of the architects of a story that many are calling the political upset of the decade. Fehrnstrom is...

From: NECN on Fri, Jan 22 2010 12:58 PM

(NECN: Boston, Mass.) - Today, Massachusetts residents are digesting Governor Deval Patrick’s "State of the Commonwealth" address. The Democrat had a lot to talk about, including jobs, the economy, health care and of course, Scott Brown's big win...

From: NECN on Fri, Jan 22 2010 9:58 AM

(NECN: Jennifer Eagan, Wrentham, Mass.) - The senator-elect from Massachusetts is back home this morning after a whirlwind trip to Washington. Yesterday, Scott Brown made his first visit to Washington, D.C. since winning the special election in the...

From: NECN on Fri, Jan 22 2010 7:57 AM

(NECN/ABC) - President Barack Obama will focus his attention Friday on the subject still atop the list of concerns on Main Street — jobs. One day after pushing new bank regulations, the president travels to Lorain, Ohio, a city hard-hit by job loss...