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Congressman Jake Auchincloss (D-Newton), like many of his colleagues, thought that the Democratic Party would have done better in the November 2020 general election. While the Democratic Party held onto its majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, the party lost 13 seats while Republicans gained 14, as U.
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If U.S. Representative Jake Auchincloss (D-Newton) could completely rewrite the tax code, what would it look like? That was a question Auchincloss fielded in a Zoom event put together by the Foxborough Democratic Town Committee on Monday night.
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Are you an elementary school student in Belmont, Massachusetts? Probably not if you're reading this article. But if you were, your recommended reading list over summer vacation would include books on topics like "white privilege" and "whiteness." The books are in the category of
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Bill Weld, Paul Cellucci, Jane Swift, Mitt Romney, Charlie Baker, Geoff Diehl? Since 1990, the left-leaning Commonwealth of Massachusetts has elected four Republican governors and only one Democrat. There was even an unelected acting Republican governor from 2001 to 2003, Jane Swift, meaning that since Michael Dukakis left office in
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An assistant clerk-magistrate must be suspended without pay because of a felony indictment but a state judge indicted for a felony can keep her pay even while on suspension, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. The difference, says the court, is a state statute that exempts judges, clerk-magistrates, and
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If you go to the city of Springfield, Massachusetts, you may see some pro-life messaging. That's because Massachusetts Citizens for Life recently bought advertising space on a billboard to spread the pro-life message.
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Elections are back to normal in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts — for now. This is the case as of July 1, 2021, as State House News Service reports. Back in March, Governor Charlie Baker extended mail-in voting for municipal elections until June 30. However, he didn't extend it further
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Massachusetts Republican Party chairman Jim Lyons understands that the votes don't exist in the Massachusetts Legislature to enact voter ID in the Commonwealth. However, Lyons and other Republicans believe that there is enough support for voter ID in the state to make it happen — through the ballot box.
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