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Gov. Healey’s reelection pitch hinges on promises to corral the state’s high cost of living.
Still, Healey is holding tight to one key societal debate: Abortion rights, she’s argued, remain a clear motivation for residents heading to the polls. #mapoli www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/24/m...
ALL PARTY PRIMARIES: A ballot question this year that would scrap partisan primaries in Massachusetts is sowing fractures among Democrats, pitting progressives and members of the party's governing body against some of their own. #mapoli www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/11/m...
LEGISLATIVE AUDIT: The Senate plans to vote Thursday to comply with Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s audit of their finances, offering one of the first signs that lawmakers are willing, to a degree, to acquiesce to her quest to probe the Legislature. #mapoli www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/28/m...
Massachusetts voters could decide a record number of new laws this November. That is, if the state’s highest court lets them.
The SJC is acting as a gatekeeper of sorts for what ends up on the ballot, having already helped knock off one measure. #mapoli www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/14/m...
AUDIT FIGHT: State Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s effort to audit the state Legislature is a long, winding political tale that can be hard to keep track of — even for those plugged into Beacon Hill. Here's a rundown on the state of play in the audit. #mapoli www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/19/m...
The Trump administration threatened to sue Massachusetts, charging that the Healey administration has refused to issue confidential license plates through the Registry of Motor Vehicles to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. #mapoli www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/15/m...
HEALEY’S CONVENTION SPEECH: Gov. Healey cast this year’s gubernatorial race as a battle against bringing President Trump’s policies to MA. But she offered few, if any, pledges of what she would seek to accomplish if given another term in office. #mapoli www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/29/m...
HELPING HAND: Top Democratic incumbents in Massachusetts — including AG Campbell, Secretary Galvin, and Speaker Mariano — received help from their public employees to get on the ballot in this year’s statewide election. #mapoli www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/08/m...
ROBOT WEAPONS: From climate change to economic instability, Massachusetts residents face a range of potential threats. State lawmakers say a flamethrower-wielding android shouldn’t be one of them. #mapoli www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/20/m...
CLOSE TO HOME: Identified as “Jeanni,” a woman featured in a TV ad Michael Minogue's campaign released touting his bipartisan appeal is also the candidate’s direct neighbor and married to the COO of the company Minogue ran for more than 18 years. #mapoli www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/09/m...
In the 30-second advertisement, Jeannine Hicks, a registered Democrat, describes Minogue as an “excellent family man” and a “servant leader.”
As she and other Democrats argue the party should focus less on the culture wars of past election cycles, Governor Maura Healey has elevated abortion access as an 'economic issue.'
Public employees’ decision to pitch in on their bosses’ reelection campaigns can create a delicate dance, and uncomfortable optics for the elected officials, experts say.
In a roughly half-hour address to thousands of friendly party delegates, Governor Maura Healey positioned herself as the only candidate willing to actively oppose President Trump.
A ballot question that would eliminate political party primaries for state elections in favor of a single, all-party primary is creating fractures among Massachusetts Democrats.
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The state’s highest court is positioned to dramatically shape which ballot questions appear on the general election ballot in November, and has already played a key role in knocking out of contention ...
The Trump administration threatened to sue Massachusetts, charging that the Healey administration has refused to issue confidential license plates through the Registry of Motor Vehicles to Immigration...
The Massachusetts House is primed to pass a bill that would Massachusetts the first state in the country to put guardrails on weaponizing drones and other unmanned devices.
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The sparring between state Auditor Diana DiZoglio and top Democratic leaders on Beacon Hill — and DiZoglio and Attorney General Andrea Campbell — about what DiZoglio can, and cannot, audit has been me...
