Jobs, drugs top concerns for Bay State residents

While race relations and the threat of terrorism dominate the national news, Massachusetts voters at the state level are more concerned about jobs, the economy, and the worsening opioid epidemic, according to local polling data reviewed by the NewBostonPost. Sixteen percent of respondents named jobs as the topmost concern, followed by the opioid crisis at 13 percent, according to the Suffolk University poll released in May. That reflects a shift from six months ago when Suffolk found that illeg

While race relations and the threat of terrorism dominate the national news, Massachusetts voters at the state level are more concerned about jobs, the economy, and the worsening opioid epidemic, according to local polling data reviewed by the NewBostonPost. Sixteen percent of respondents named jobs as the topmost concern, followed by the opioid crisis at 13 percent, according to the Suffolk University poll released in May. That reflects a shift from six months ago when Suffolk found that illeg…