SEVERAL INCUMBENT MAYORS across Massachusetts – in Framingham, Gloucester, and Westfield – took a drubbing Tuesday night, losing their seats to challengers. Newcomers also scored victories in open mayoral contests […]
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The ‘question’ keeps coming to Baker
THE QUESTION started being posed the day after Gov. Charlie Baker won a second term in office in 2018: Would he seek a third term? At the time, Baker dismissed […]
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Congressional redistricting map unites Fall River
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE FALL RIVER, the state’s 10th most populous city, would no longer be divided between two congressional districts under a draft map lawmakers released Monday that fell […]
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Super PAC backed by Baker spends $258,936
A SUPER PAC for which Gov. Charlie Baker raises money made its third series of investments on behalf of a total of 19 municipal candidates over the weekend, bringing its […]
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Massachusetts doesn’t need happy hours
MULTIPLE EFFORTS are under way to repeal the longstanding ban on happy hour in Massachusetts. If you’re not old enough to remember, happy hour ended here in 1984, when legislators, […]
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Making gig economy look like mainstream economy would be big mistake
IN NOVEMBER 2022, voters will determine the future of the gig economy in Massachusetts, deciding two ballot measures related to temporary or contract workers who seek to remain independent freelancers. […]
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Spicer alleges GOP takeover effort in Framingham
FRAMINGHAM MAYOR Yvonne Spicer accused a super PAC affiliated with Gov. Charlie Baker of trying to lead a Republican takeover of the city’s government, but her rival Charlie Sisitsky said […]
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In Boston mayor’s race, newspaper endorsements a faint voice
“The past isn’t what it used to be; then again, it never was.” So goes an old saying, and perhaps the same is true for newspaper endorsements in elections. We […]
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Baker says 3d term decision ‘very complicated’
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER got a little prickly on Tuesday when he was pressed on where he stood in terms of deciding to seek a third term next year. Jim Braude, […]
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Baker philosophically not on Wu’s side
IN THE RACE for mayor of Boston, Annissa Essaibi George seems to be getting help from Gov. Charlie Baker in delivering the message that some of rival Michelle Wu’s major […]
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Incumbent-first law is unique to Massachusetts
AMONG THE WAYS that Massachusetts is unique among the 50 states: our state election ballots give top billing to incumbent state officeholders who are seeking re-election, with the other candidates […]
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Does Wu have a Teflon coating?
Michelle Wu has made it clear she’s no Charlie Baker fan, telling the Boston Globe her ambitious agenda for Boston would be easier to achieve with a Democrat in the […]
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Does Wu have a Teflon coating?
MICHELLE WU has made it clear she’s no Charlie Baker fan, telling the Boston Globe her ambitious agenda for Boston would be easier to achieve with a Democrat in the […]
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Senate adds 6th majority-minority district in Brockton
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE AFTER SOLICITING feedback over the past week on draft redistricting maps for the Legislature, House and Senate leaders on Tuesday finalized revised plans that would add […]
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Concerns raised on redistricting plan
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE VOTING RIGHTS ADVOCATES knocked the Senate redistricting proposal as “overcautious.” A state representative with eyes on a seat in the other chamber slammed the potential split […]
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Worcester School Committee reaches voting settlement
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WORCESTER OFFICIALS and a coalition of voters who filed a federal lawsuit alleging the city’s School Committee structure illegally dilutes the electoral power of communities of […]
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Abolishing BPDA should not be first priority
I SUPPORT Boston mayoral candidate Michelle Wu’s good government impulse to “fix Boston’s broken development system,” but worry that her plan to abolish the Boston Planning and Development Agency may […]
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Why we need fare-free public transportation
Earlier last month, I spent two full weeks on public transit across Massachusetts. My mornings started the way they always do; racing to the Blue Line to get my son Mac to […]
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Senate leaders push mail-in voting, same-day registration
THE MASSACHUSETTS SENATE will vote next week on an expansive election reform package that includes same-day voter registration, permanent voting by mail, expanded early voting, and provisions to make it easier for incarcerated people […]
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Look who landed in Roxbury council final
There has been much consternation and reflection since last week’s Boston mayoral preliminary about the failure of any of the three Black candidates to land a spot on the November […]
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Look who landed in Roxbury council final
THERE HAS BEEN much consternation and reflection since last week’s Boston mayoral preliminary about the failure of any of the three Black candidates to land a spot on the November […]
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Tight battles ahead for mayor in Lawrence, Holyoke
THE RACES FOR MAYOR in Lawrence and Holyoke promise to be close, as voters in the two communities on Tuesday narrowed crowded fields to two finalists who will need to […]
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Races to watch in today’s preliminary elections
Today will be a test of Lowell’s new at-large voting system, the result of a lawsuit about minority representation in government. It will also mark a narrowing of the historic […]
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Races to watch in today’s preliminary elections
TODAY WILL BE a test of Lowell’s new at-large voting system, the result of a lawsuit about minority representation in government. It will also mark a narrowing of the historic […]