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| TOP STORIES | | | [15 min ago ] BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts lawmakers are set to receive a 5.5
percent pay hike, even as they prepare to make deep cuts to state
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The increase would lift lawmakers' base pay from $58,237 to
$61,440 - an increase of just over $3,200 a... | | | read more  | | | [53 min ago ] (NECN) - Governor Deval Patrick wants Massachusetts to overhaul its laws aimed at keeping public officials honest.
2008 was a tough year for political reputations. Senator Jim Marzilli was arrested on groping charges and then resigned. Senator Dianne... | | | read more | | | [2 hours ago ] (NECN/ABC) - Standing side by side inside the oval office five men who have been elected by the people to serve as president of the United States - former presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, President George W. Bush and... | | | read more | | | | | |
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Obama: Richardson has 'deep understanding' of global economy
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| December 3, 2008 Obama: Richardson has 'deep understanding' of global economy
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(NECN: Chicago, IL) - President-Elect Barack Obama this morning tapped New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson as commerce secretary.
Obama called his former campaign rival a leading "economic diplomat for America."
Richardson, 61, was United Nations ambassador and energy secretary during the Clinton administration. He is in his second term as governor of New Mexico.
Richardson also served seven terms in the House of Representatives.
Richardson is the first Hispanic that Obama has named to his Cabinet.
Click here to hear from Richardson.
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