The group that backed a successful ballot question to end the use of the MCAS as a high school graduation requirement paid a ...

Based on pronouncements in 2024, you might think now is the time to see U.S. citizens streaming out of the country. Months ...

The two Republicans running for governor of Massachusetts ramped up attacks this month on each other’s past work and ...

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The campaign that pushed to eliminate MCAS scores as a statewide graduation requirement via the ballot box last fall missed a ...

The “presidential lean” of a state can, over time, tell us something about how it is trending.— Though 2004 and 2024 produced similar topline national results, there has been some significant change ...

Scott Brown, a Republican who once represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate, has announced his second bid for the New ...

Steve Kerrigan, the chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party, said his party needs to listen to voters more, because it cost them elections in during the 2024 campaign cycle.

The Legislature’s updates to its rules are a step forward in letting us see how our laws are being made, but structural ...

The two conservatives running for governor of Massachusetts ramped up attacks this month on each other’s past work and credibility, including in dueling missives that paint different pictures ...

The announcement from the Department of Homeland Security cited improving conditions on the impoverished island, despite a ...

"The Constitution does not grant the President any specific powers over elections," Judge Denise J. Casper of the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts said in Friday's ruling.