BOSTON — The 97-55 margin fell just shy of the two-thirds needed to override a promised veto by the governor.

BOSTON — Hundreds of immigrants and their supporters rallied in Boston on Saturday to pressure Congress for a comprehensive overhaul of immigration laws that would include a path to citizenship for the 11 million foreign-born citizens living in the United States illegally.

TOPEKA, Kan. — A phrase declaring that life begins “at fertilization” tucked into new abortion legislation in Kansas is creating concern among abortion rights advocates that the wording will inspire new attempts to prevent the procedure.

BOSTON — The House’s budget chief on Friday appeared to dash any hopes liberal Democrats and transportation activists might have of forcing legislative leaders back to the negotiating table with Gov. Deval Patrick over tax hikes.

BOSTON — A veto threat from the governor hangs over the House as a preferred legislative leadership tax plan takes shape.

BOSTON — He spoke with WBUR a day after saying he’d veto a transportation finance plan offered by legislative leaders.

WASHINGTON — The proposal aims for a compromise on the Fiscal 2014 budget by combining the president’s demand for higher taxes with GOP insistence on reductions in entitlement programs.

BOSTON — He derided a $500 million transportation financing plan offered by legislative leaders as a “fiscal shell game.”

BOSTON — It’s warning that a revenue plan offered by legislative leaders could result in huge state budget cuts and significant increases in tolls, fares and fees.

BOSTON — The plan from the leaders of the House and Senate would generate just over $500 million in annualized new revenues to support transportation.

BOSTON — The Mashpee Wampanoag have 12 millennia of history behind them, but whether their history to come includes a Massachusetts-licensed casino depends now on what a state commission believes will happen in the tribe’s near future.

WASHINGTON — Even with one of the largest hurdles to an immigration overhaul overcome, lawmakers on Sunday cautioned much work remains and that no final deal has been reached.

BOSTON — The size of the proposed cuts have been known for weeks, but are now open for public comment until April 15. The 2013 fishing season starts May 1.

WASHINGTON — Big business and labor have struck a deal on a new low-skilled worker program, removing the biggest hurdle to completion of sweeping immigration legislation allowing 11 million illegal immigrants eventual U.S. citizenship, a person with knowledge of the talks said Saturday.