Published May 13, 2011

Mitt Romney yesterday defended the universal health care bill he signed into law as governor of Massachusetts. In a speech in Ann Arbor, Mich., Romney addressed what critics say could be his presidential campaign albatross, endorsing the Massachusetts law while distancing himself from the recently passed federal health care law.

As Massachusetts lawmakers prepare to carve up the state’s legislative districts, minority groups are making sure they are being heard early in the redistricting process. The Legislature’s Redistricting Committee will hold another of its regional hearings tomorrow.

Massachusetts residents will have their last chance tomorrow to weigh in on Secure Communities, a controversial immigration program. WBUR’s Bianca Vazquez Toness reports that many states may try to back out of the federal program.

What if I told you that you could grow a lush, green lawn in poor soil and you wouldn’t have to mow it that often? Jackson Madnick, an inventor from Wayland, designed a new grass seed that he says can do just that.

Throughout the playoffs, many assumed that this year would be coach Doc Rivers’ last year on the Celtics bench. According to the Associated Press, however, the team and the coach are working on an extension that would see Rivers coaching the green for many more years.

What we’re following: We’ve sent a reporter to an FBI raid currently in progress in Dorchester. We’ll continue to report on jury selection in the trial of Nancy Kerrigan’s brother and the U.S. Agriculture Secretary’s visit to Boston.