STATE HOUSE — Four years ago, the choice was a lot simpler. Dozens of Massachusetts Republican politicians lined up behind the state's former governor — Mitt Romney — as he mounted his second campaign for the GOP presidential nomination, and eventually the White House.
STATE HOUSE — Matt Carlin was sworn in as commissioner of the Department of Public Safety on Wednesday, after having begun his tenure as commissioner last month, a spokesman for the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security said.