The ballot question is championed by state Auditor Diana DiZoglio, who is in effect launching another statewide campaign after jumping from a state Senate seat to the auditor’s office in 2022.
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Striking Newton teachers get support from Boston congresswoman
Some of the loudest voices of support among political leaders for striking teachers are again coming from officials who are far removed from the day-to-day oversight of the schools or state policy governing teachers’ strikes, which are illegal under current law.
Short takes: Baker makes his exit from Mass. politics official
According to campaign finance records, his gubernatorial campaign account was dissolved on January 4 and so was the super PAC that he helped launch in 2019 to support largely centrist candidates across Massachusetts.
Bid launched to block Trump’s access to ballot in Mass.
Free Speech For People and Massachusetts-based civil rights firm Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C late Thursday filed an objection with the Massachusetts Ballot Law Commission to having Trump’s name on the ballot.
‘What is can be’ – A second life for the Somerville triple-decker
In Somerville, a years-long push to re-embrace the triple-decker dovetailed with a serious need for new housing units, and its city council voted in November to fully legalize new three-unit construction.
A first look at Wu’s housing production goal
Mayor Michelle Wu and her planning chief hedged on setting out long-term housing production goals during a press briefing earlier this week. Days later, the administration offered stakeholders a first look at shorter-term housing targets.
Short takes: Wu, Kraft appearance creates some buzz
Rumors have swirled for months about who might challenge Michelle Wu in 2025, as she’s widely expected to run for reelection. Josh Kraft acknowledged in November he had been approached about running for mayor.
Jewish senators criticize comments of Miranda
Top Senate leaders who are Jewish say they’re disappointed and saddened by a colleague’s remarks on the Israel-Hamas conflict that seemed to invoke antisemitic tropes.
Did Harvard aim to cancel Auchincloss?
An innocent bureaucratic mix-up or sharp-elbowed payback? Those are among the competing explanations being offered for a chain of events that forced a Harvard student group to scramble at the eleventh hour last week to find an off-campus location for an event with US Rep. Jake Auchincloss. Word that the event could not take place […]
Richie Neal wants to make a deal
The ethos of compromise has been Neal’s guiding light over four decades in politics. In today’s hyper partisan climate, it’s often reviled as a sign of weakness.