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By Sam Doran STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE An increase in absentee ballot usage is making it harder to estimate voter turnout for next Tuesday's primary election, Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin's office said Thursday.
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By Matt Murphy State House News Service She wrote a book last year, her second since taking office, and earned about $389,000 off it.
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By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Flip on the Red Sox game and there's Lori Trahan, gabbing with Third District voters in a diner.
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By Andy Metzger State House News Service A Cambridge man who allegedly repeatedly posted online about his desire to "slit" the throat of Arizona U.S. Senator John McCain caught the attention of federal authorities when he Tweeted an offer to pay someone to kill immigration agents.
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By Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE When the state's highest court on June 18 knocked off the 2018 ballot a proposed surtax on the wealthy the court also torpedoed a core element of the campaign platforms of the two Democrats running for governor this year, Jay
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By Katie Lannan and Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo is shrugging off the state Legislature's unsuccessful attempts to address education funding inequities, but others are using this week's collapsed talks on Beacon Hill as an election-year rallying call for
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By Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Signing into law a repeal of old anti-abortion statutes Friday, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker said he was doing so "partly to make a statement but also to make clear that here in Massachusetts we will not compromise on a woman's
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By Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Civics education would become more prominent in public schools across Massachusetts, under a bill filed Tuesday night by negotiators.