The city of Taunton will spend money on an election next month that will knock just one candidate off the November 2021 citywide election ballot.
Shaunna O'Connell, the current mayor and a Republican, is running unopposed for re-election, while 19 candidates are running for nine seats on the city council. The top 18 vote getters in the Tuesday, September 21 city council preliminary election will advance to the Tuesday, November 2 general election.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker hasn't made any pronouncement that would attempt to force public school children to wear masks in school this upcoming fall, but Massachusetts Senate President Karen Spilka (D-Ashland) would like to see it happen regardless of vaccination status.
Although Baker has said that he doesn't plan on mandating masks in public schools in the 2021-2022 school year, Spilka says he should.
