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STATE HOUSE – Now that Massachusetts voters have welcomed legal marijuana to the Bay State and voted to end cannabis prohibition on Dec. 15, attention is turning to implementation of the new law and whether neighboring states will follow Massachusetts' lead. With 99 percent of the votes counted as of
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BOSTON – Hillary Clinton is former Gov. Bill Weld's second choice in the presidential election after his own ticket, and on the eve of election day the Libertarian vice presidential nominee suggested he understands why Libertarians in swing states might cast a vote for the Democrat. "I hope
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STATE HOUSE – He's watched the New England Patriots on television with fans at a bar in Springfield. He's raked a homeowner's leaves in Lawrence. And he's knocked on doors on Cape Cod. Over the past nine months, as the nation has been
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DORCHESTER — Faith leaders teamed with Gov. Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on Monday to make a final appeal to voters to reject legal marijuana, painting the ballot campaign as one about commercialization more than legalization and portraying pot as a "gateway drug" to future substance abuse.
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HAVERHILL — Gov. Charlie Baker, who has a stake in the outcomes of the presidential race, two major ballot questions and numerous legislative races, anticipates he'll spend election day trying to turn out the vote and election night at home watching the results come in. "My guess is
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STATE HOUSE — In 199 out of the state's 200 legislative districts, voters next week won't have any non-binding public policy questions to weigh in on, but in the college town of Amherst the ballot asks whether the drinking age should be lowered for beer and wine.
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STATE HOUSE — Legalization of marijuana would result in greater dangers on Massachusetts roadways, where authorities are ill-equipped to even know whether drivers are intoxicated by the leafy green drug, opponents of Question 4 said Tuesday. "If this ballot question passes we're asking police officers on the street
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STATE HOUSE — It's rare that the Democratic leaders of the House and Senate and Gov. Charlie Baker can agree on tax policy – particularly if the question is about raising taxes. But should Massachusetts voters next month decide to legalize marijuana, there could be a script all three would