STATE HOUSE – With Hillary Clinton's loss to President-elect Donald Trump still raw for Bay State Democrats, party leaders and electors on Monday – without mentioning Trump's name – rallied Clinton supporters to regroup and pick up where her campaign left off fighting for causes like "economic justice" and the environment.
In a ceremony notable for its pageantry more than its suspense, all 11 Massachusetts electors cast their votes for Hillary Clinton and her running mate Tim Kaine. In her losing effort nationally, Clinton secured 60 percent of the vote in Massachusetts with nearly 2 million ballots cast for the former secretary of state and first woman to earn an electoral college vote.
BOSTON — After emerging from a meeting Monday afternoon with House and Senate leaders, Governor Charlie Baker told reporters that any changes made to the state's new marijuana law must "abide by and live up to the intent of the voters."
The recreational use of marijuana became legal in Massachusetts on Thursday, December 15, following a ballot initiative victory on Election Day that saw Bay State voters back the measure 54 percent to 46 percent. Lawmakers are now weighing taxation and enforcement matters.
