Massachusetts voters will decide in November whether to make big changes to the state's primary elections. But it's not a first-in-the-nation experiment: several other states, including California, ...
In order to be sure our state's new literacy legislation has the most impact on our students, we need to ensure that we have ...
This November, Massachusetts voters can decide whether our elections are working for them, or whether they are mostly working for the people already in power.
City officials cheered that the stadium project will now move ahead without delay, while opponents said the Supreme Judicial Court decision allowing construction to continue does not resolve their ...
THE MOOD WAS CELEBRATORY when MBTA oversight board members unanimously declared their support for transforming the commuter rail system, a blue-sky vision featuring zero emissions and more frequent ...
Beacon Hill is on the brink of cracking down on competitive electric suppliers. (Photo by Jennifer Smith) NEARLY TWO MONTHS after the Senate followed the House in passing sprawling energy ...
MASSACHUSETTS COULD RENDER its 2030 climate commitments null and void under new sweeping legislation being fast-tracked by the House, according to a copy of the bill viewed by CommonWealth Beacon. The ...
WITH THE FEDERAL dollars for renewable energy slowing to a trickle or stopping altogether, a Cambridge-based company is looking to provide funding for community solar projects in underserved areas ...
WHEN VOTERS BEGIN casting their ballots at the polls this weekend ahead of the September 1 primary, they’ll be partaking in an early voting method that hit the Bay State a decade ago — the relevance ...
Jim Davis, chairman of New Balance (left), talks with then-mayor Marty Walsh in 2014. (Image via City of Boston photo archives) JIM DAVIS, the multi-billionaire chairman of shoemaker New Balance, is ...
Ayanna Pressley's insurgent victory over 10-term incumbent Rep. Michael Capuano in the 2018 Democratic primary is an example of the big shifts in voter preference and turnout that can lead polls to ...