Politics & Government

Gov. Patrick Prepares for Final State of the Commonwealth Address

The last State of the Commonwealth Address during Deval Patrick's tenure as governor will be delivered at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday.

Though winter weather pushed it back a week, Governor Deval Patrick will deliver his final State of the Commonwealth Address at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 28.

The delay puts Patrick's speech on the same night as President Barack Obama's State of the Union, which is scheduled for 9 p.m.

Gov. Patrick planned to preview his Fiscal Year 2015 Budget at the Monday, Jan. 20, speech, but state law required it to be released by Wednesday. Here is a press release on the budget.


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