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STATE HOUSE — Opponents of the transgender public accommodations bill that Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law just over a week ago announced Monday they have launched a referendum initiative to repeal the law in 2018. Led by the Massachusetts Family Institute, which largely organized the opposition to the bill, 21
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CLEVELAND — A last ditch effort effort by anti-Trump delegates to derail the nomination of the New York businessman was downplayed by his Massachusetts campaign chair, but underscored the strange and fractious nature of this convention. After what Massachusetts Republican National Committeeman Ron Kaufman described Monday morning as a week of
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CLEVELAND — As the curtain rose on the Republican National Convention Monday, enthusiasm among Massachusetts Republicans for presumptive nominee Donald Trump was tempered by lingering doubts about the candidate among some representing the state in Cleveland. While most of the 42 delegates representing the state have backed Trump from the beginning
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Around the one-year anniversary of the MBTA's Fiscal and Management Control Board, Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack noted the enduring need to break out of the "time warp" of using outdated processes at the transit agency. "Culture change remains a challenge," Pollack said at the
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Gov. Charlie Baker aired his thoughts Sunday on balancing the state budget, racial divisions, police body cams, the performance of the MBTA, and the role of hydropower in the state's energy mix. Baker was the guest on "On the Record," the Sunday morning political program hosted
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Everybody already knows that Gov. Charlie Baker won't be supporting Donald Trump in November. And he doesn't plan to cast a vote for Hillary Clinton either. But as the Libertarian Party ticket of former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson and former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld fights
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As delegates began to arrive in Cleveland on Sunday morning for the Republican National Convention, presumptive nominee Donald Trump's chief Massachusetts supporter went on Fox News where he argued that the reliably Democratic state could turn red in November. Rep. Geoff Diehl, a Whitman Republican and the co-chair
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STATE HOUSE — For the second consecutive year, University of Massachusetts students will face rising tuition costs as officials take steps to close an $85 million budget shortfall at a time of growing interest in public higher education. The UMass Board of Trustees met in Worcester Thursday to consider tuition and