Every town in Massachusetts will be holding annual town elections over the next few weeks, and voters will have an opportunity to select from a variety of candidates for local…
Politics ground to a halt last week as the state concentrated on the horrific Boston Marathon bombings and massive manhunt for the perpetrators. But things are picking up again, as…
The Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus is a non-partisan organization founded in 1971 to maximize the participation of women of all ages in the political process and to increase the number…
Four years ago at this time, the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority was swirling in controversy. The quasi-independent state agency was having trouble paying its debts and the bond rating agencies were preparing…
Forty-four bills relating to state government revenue were scheduled for public hearings this week by the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Revenue, and if one bill in particular gets through the…
The governor is calling for an increase of a billion dollars a year to repair the state’s aging transportation system. Looking over their shoulders at their next opponent, nervous state legislators flinch at…
This week is Sunshine Week, an annual initiative by journalists to raise awareness about the public’s right to open government at all levels. And just in time for Sunshine Week,…
As winter wanes, it will soon be time for that predictable rite of spring, the annual town meeting. Town meetings, of course, are the legislative branch of small town government…
The proposed bill is short and simple. The legislation, filed by State Rep. John P. Fresolo (D-Worcester), would require all documents published by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to be written…
As Congressmen Edward Markey of Malden and Stephen Lynch of Boston square off for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State John Kerry and…