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State sued over Mass. rental assistance program’s paused third year
Rallygoers call for more housing development at an event Abundant Housing Massachusetts hosted outside the State House on May 27, 2026.
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GovernmentMinogue highlights sheriffs’ concerns with PROTECT Act
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GovernmentBallotmania: Inside the flurry of measures upending Massachusetts politics
SOMETIMES, A RAISED HAND is all it takes to kick off an 18-month campaign.
GovernmentPolitical Notebook: Question 8 surpasses Question 3 as most expensive ballot question
Voting booths (Photo by Stephen Velasco/Creative Commons)
GovernmentHere’s why you should view polling results on ballot questions differently than polls on races between candidates
A sign at a Newton polling place during the September 14, 2021, preliminary municipal election. (Photo by Shira Schoenberg)
GovernmentYou have questions about ballot questions. We answered them.
WE GET IT: achieving a strong-enough understanding to feel confident voting on nine ballot questions is a tall task. Making it easier is the animating principle of much of our coverage since campaigns launched more than a year ago.
GovernmentNo clear signs that Legislature will act swiftly on child sexual abuse amendment
The Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, a Roman Catholic church, in Mission Hill, Boston on Dec. 10, 2025. (Maria Pemberton / CommonWealth Beacon)
GovernmentQuestion 3 would let voters reclaim their voice
A polling location in Ward 19 on Massachusetts’s primary day, 2026.
GovernmentThe 2024 gun law has saved lives. A yes vote on Question 9 will keep it in place.
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GovernmentSJC upholds Mass. law restricting firearms for people under 21
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Justice Gabrielle Wolohojian at the John Adams Courthouse in Boston.
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Minogue says he’ll govern without a lieutenant governor after Oliver’s arrest
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