Why we need a ballot question to fix ballot questions
We're stuck with the Legislature, and the ballot initiative is a powerful tool. But Massachusetts'…
More than anything else, Susan Collins is testing whether old school politics still work
In the modern era, political activists want their representatives to fall strictly in line. To…
Senate Republicans reject war powers resolution after Trump berates them at Capitol meeting
Senate Republicans who were berated by President Trump over opposition to his war in Iran…
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With new fiscal year looming, Boston City Council accepts Wu’s amended $4.9 billion budget plan
The decision put a relatively quiet coda on a tense budget season as the city…
Pentagon restores mandatory flu shots for all recruits as boot camp outbreak sickens nearly 300
The development comes amid a growing, weekslong, flu outbreak at the US Air Force’s boot…
Former Cranston mayor Allan Fung is running for the state representative seat his wife once held
Fung said he has left the Republican Party and is running as an independent.
Rent control’s survival on Beacon Hill ‘diminished’ after high court tosses ballot question
A court ruling this week striking down a ballot question to establish rent control has…
Trump berates Senate Republicans over Iran war vote after calling off bill signing
The closed-door meeting was more focused on Congress's rebuke of Trump's military actions that the…