Several cities and towns across Massachusetts have explored allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to vote as a way to boost turnout ...

I support Donald Trump.’” The balancing act is a perennial problem for Republicans when faced with crowded primaries in ...

About 15 municipalities across the country, including ones in Maryland, California, Vermont and New Jersey, have extended ...

A closer look at several of the ballot issues, and the results of a recent Boston Globe/Suffolk University poll, presents ...

Campbell, in her first term in office, attended a fundraiser for her re-election campaign in Northampton, Mass., recently.

Of the 24 seats on Chicopee’s City Council and School Committee, one is held by a person of color. In West Springfield, all ...

Brazilian-born Luana Lopes Lara, just 29, has been confirmed by Forbes as the youngest woman on the planet to verifiably make ...

The current national fight over congressional maps ties back more than 200 years to a legendary moment in Massachusetts ...

The MA legislature is considering a bill that would make it easier for towns and cities to implement ranked choice voting in ...

The three Republicans vying to challenge Gov. Maura Healey are jockeying for endorsements, a year ahead of the election.

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CHANGE WILL WAIT — Rep. Ayanna Pressley’s decision to forgo a Senate bid means the Massachusetts Senate race is now Sen. Ed ...