Facing nine ballot questions, Bay Staters rejected efforts to throw out existing cannabis and gun laws, and to change an obscure tax cap law. They gave the green light to legislative transparency and ...

All eyes will now turn to the House and Senate, where negotiators need to decide in the next eight weeks whether to follow through on an earlier proposal to substitute their own idea for public ...

In a national political environment favoring Democrats, Bay State voters chose to stick with Healey and Markey at the top of the ticket for another term in this Democratic stronghold.

We need to change how we judge whether transportation is working. Ridership matters, but it cannot be the only measure.

Passage of the ballot question now means a new nature conservation fund will be established to support clean drinking water, create and improve local parks, and protect wildlife habitats without ...

Voters rebuffed an attempt to inject more competition into the state’s low-energy elections by shuttling all candidates through a single primary contest, regardless of their party affiliation.

Local school districts, including the state’s largest district, are increasingly moving forward on their own, creating a patchwork of local policies in the absence of statewide action.

Campaign finance records paint a more nuanced picture of who's backing the measure, and color the Bay State as the next front in a national debate over systemic reforms intended to fix persistent ...

All eyes will now turn to the House and Senate, where negotiators need to decide in the next eight weeks whether to follow through on an earlier proposal to substitute their own idea for public ...

There's been "a dramatic increase" in early in-person voting, Galvin said at a State House press conference, while the mail-in voting rate is about the same as it was in 2022.

To continue to pretend like our schools are better than they really are is a disservice to students, teachers, families, and the city at large.

Gov. Maura Healey will head into Election Day with a high-spending opponent, an affordability crisis still raging, and few of her campaign season wish-list items fulfilled by fellow Democrats in the ...