The Saturday Send
Voters subject governor and Legislature to public records law, but there’s no guarantee lawmakers will comply
By Chris Lisinski
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 records access for the version that four out of five voters embraced.
New nature conservation fund wins voter approval, setting stage for funding fight
By Jordan Wolman
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 raising taxes or levying a new one.
Mass. just tackled 9 ballot questions. Here’s where each landed, and what comes next.
By Jennifer Smith
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 Election Day voter registration while waving away a quest to replace party primaries with nonpartisan ones. A new state agency will now be allowed to unionize, and there may be more money for conservation efforts in the next few years.
Democrats, in seismic blue wave, continue domination in Massachusetts as they take back power in Washington
By Jordan Wolman
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.
MWRA pulls largest water transfer request in history after drawing backlash from Quabbin communities
By Jordan Wolman
The MWRA’s request landed the agency in even more hot water among Quabbin communities, which mobilized to kill the proposal.
Your Massachusetts midterm rundown
On this episode of The Codcast, we get listeners all caught up on the political landscape in Massachusetts and around the country heading into the crucial 2026 midterm elections.
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