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Massachusetts voters will begin receiving the state’s 88-page voter guide this week as they prepare to decide nine statewide ballot questions in the Nov. 3 election. The measures cover public records, primary elections, marijuana, firearms and other issues.
Gov. Maura Healey is renewing a push to let cities and towns raise meals and lodging taxes and add up to a 5% surcharge on motor vehicle excise bills, while also seeking another $100 million in education spending.
Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, wants President Donald Trump to pardon her after a mistrial. But Trump has no power to pardon state crimes.
Republican gubernatorial nominee Mike Minogue is calling for a moratorium on new and expanded data centers in Massachusetts as Gov. Maura Healey imposes new restrictions on the facilities.
Anthropic employees gave nearly $10,000 to House Speaker Ron Mariano and about $9,000 to House Ways and Means Chairman Aaron Michlewitz in August as lawmakers negotiate AI-related legislation. Massachusetts campaign finance filings are public through OCPF.
Republican gubernatorial nominee Mike Minogue says he would push to resolve the fight over Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s voter-backed audit of the Massachusetts Legislature.
Somerset Berkley could win its third straight Massachusetts girls’ field hockey state title this season. Its top player, senior Ryan Crook, is a boy who has helped the team win each of the past two championships.
The MassGOP says Gov. Maura Healey is to blame for 1,614 planned job cuts listed in state WARN records.
Massachusetts voters may approve several ballot questions this November, but Beacon Hill lawmakers can still change, repeal or ignore measures that pass.
U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark slammed a Republican-backed constitutional amendment that would permanently set the Supreme Court at nine justices, arguing Congress should retain its power over the court’s size.
A Massachusetts woman who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination while threatening federal immigration agents has pleaded guilty to assaulting federal agents.
Massachusetts pro-life groups have launched a referendum effort to suspend and repeal a new abortion law signed by Gov. Maura Healey that changed the rules governing abortions after 24 weeks.
Republican gubernatorial nominee Mike Minogue says he will target independent voters and campaign against one-party Democratic control in Massachusetts.
Republican Anne Brensley says her write-in campaign received enough votes to qualify for the November secretary of state ballot.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Nahant can use eminent domain to preserve Northeastern University land as open space.
More than three-quarters of Massachusetts legislative races are effectively decided after the September primaries, with 155 primary winners facing no major-party opponent in November.
Republican gubernatorial nominee Mike Minogue says he is ready to move past his differences with lieutenant governor nominee Shawn Oliver as the two prepare to campaign together.
A federal jury acquitted Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins on both corruption charges tied to a $50,000 cannabis company investment.
MIT professor Rosalind Picard discusses her pioneering work in affective computing, her Christian faith, entrepreneurship, family, and the promise and risks of artificial intelligence.
Massachusetts will spend another $81.4 million on Big Dig debt in fiscal 2027, with payments on the troubled highway project scheduled to continue through 2038.
Republican lieutenant governor nominee Shawn Oliver called for party unity and said he is ready to work with Mike Minogue after Brian Shortsleeve lost the gubernatorial primary.
Mike Minogue defeated Brian Shortsleeve in the Massachusetts Republican gubernatorial primary and will face Democratic Gov. Maura Healey in November.
Ed Markey defeated Seth Moulton in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary while again promising Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, abolishing ICE and other progressive priorities.
Patrick Clancy’s lawyer says influencers and celebrities falsely accusing him of killing his three children should be “on notice.”
Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Minogue says flavored Zyn nicotine pouches should be legal in Massachusetts, despite the state's flavored tobacco ban.
ICE will spend up to $2 million on robot dogs made by Waltham-based Boston Dynamics for use during immigration enforcement raids.
Massachusetts’ Student Opportunity Act increased school aid, but higher local spending requirements are putting added pressure on some city budgets.
Four Democrats running for Massachusetts legislative seats have supported legal recognition or protections for people in polyamorous relationships.
Republican candidate for governor Mike Minogue told WBZ-TV’s Jon Keller that he wants an outside audit of state spending and more manufacturing jobs in Massachusetts.
Gov. Maura Healey hasn't seen all of the charges against Methuen Rep. Francisco Paulino following his arrest, indictment and arraignment last week, but on Monday called what she does know "very disturbing."
A Massachusetts Senate climate bill would ban plastic bags, impose new consumer fees, fund local projects, and authorize nearly $4 billion in possible borrowing.
Turnout in the Sept. 1 Massachusetts primaries hit 10.6% as of 4 p.m. Monday, accounting for 550,632 ballots cast by voters across the state.
Four out-of-towners recently urged the Hopkinton School Committee to reconsider its policy allowing some Sikh students to carry ceremonial knives in school.
Secretary of State William Galvin said Massachusetts’ all-party primary ballot question could hurt third parties and raised questions about how it would affect voters.
Public records produced in a legal battle with ExxonMobil show Massachusetts agencies failed to comply with a 2017 rule requiring cuts to emissions from state-owned vehicles.
Lindsay Clancy’s defense lawyer called her a “darn good mother” during closing arguments in her trial for killing her three young children.
