JUST AN OBSERVATION: HOW COME ALL OF THE "VOTE NO ON 9" SIGNS
DISAPPEARED?
HOW COME ALL OF THE MIKE MONOGUE AND JOHN DEATON SIGNS
DISAPPEARED?
WEALTHY TRUMPER MIKE MINOGUE WAS AN EMPTY SUIT WHO DIDN'T
EVEN COMPREHEND HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS!
DID YOU EVEN SCRUTINIZE HIS RHETORIC?
WEALTHY TRUMPER MIKE MINOGUE WAS GONNA SOLVE "AFFFORDABILITY"
AND NEVER ADDRESSED THE REPUBLICANS' BIG BEAUTIFUL DISASTER
THAT DESTROYED HEALTH CARE AND FOOD PROGRAMS, GAVE TAX CUTS
TO THE WEALTHY LIKE MIKE MINOGUE AND EXPLODED THE DEBT AND
DEFICIT?
WEALTHY TRUMP MIKE MINOGUE WAS GOING TO ELIMINATE ALL ENERGY
SAVING LEGISLATION EVEN THOUGH IT'S REPORTED THAT MASS SAVE
RETURNS $3 FOR EVERY $1 INVESTED.
ENERGY! SUCH A DULL AND BORING ISSUE UNTIL YOU PAY THOSE BILLS!
ARE YOU EMBARRASSED BECAUSE YOU SUPPORTED LOSERS?
BUT DID YOU LEARN ANYTHING?
JUST WONDERING!
MASSACHUSETTS GUN LAWS REDUCED GUN VIOLENCE ACCORDING
TO REPORTS.
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QUESTION 3: Supporters of a ballot question that would usher in all-party primaries conceded defeat Tuesday night as Bay Staters opted to keep the current separate Democratic and Republican primary system in place, Chris Lisinski reports. |
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QUESTION 6: Massachusetts voters approved the creation of a new nature conservation fund, passing Question 6 with roughly 60 percent of the vote. Jordan Wolman has more. |
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OPINION: Rural microtransit options are vital to residents in more remote corners of Massachusetts – and it makes economic sense to expand those services, argue Reggie Ramos, the head of Transportation for Massachusetts, and Gwynne Guzzeau, executive director of Helping Our Women. |
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All eyes, especially those that want to pry, now turn to the Legislature. |
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Massachusetts voters on Tuesday gave overwhelming approval to a ballot measure subjecting the House, Senate, and governor’s office to the state’s public records law. There’s just one catch: In the remaining eight weeks between the election and the start of the next lawmaking term, Democrats who control the Legislature might erase what voters decided in a landslide. |
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Although lawmakers have been openly grousing about the measure for months, they opted not to mount a formal opposition campaign, and few voters were swayed by legislative complaints about its constitutionality. The measure wound up smashing its way to victory. With about 80 percent of votes counted, the “yes” side led 86 percent to 14 percent. |
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By the time every ballot is counted, it could wind up a significantly larger margin of victory than the 2024 ballot question allowing the state auditor to probe the Legislature, a thematic predecessor that led directly into the records campaign. |
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It’s at once a signal that voters are eager for more transparency, a rebuke of the Democratic supermajority’s opacity, and a reflection that the idea — extend an existing law to parts of government that do not currently follow it — was a simple pitch hard to rebut on the campaign trail. |
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Auditor Diana DiZoglio, who led the charge for the 2024 measure and was the most prominent backer of the latest push to expand the public records law, said the vote sends “a loud and clear message to Beacon Hill that we’re not giving up and we’re not going away.” |
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“Time will tell how this plays out but it’s really important that we all stay alert and vigilant in the coming days and call our legislators to tell them it’s time to stop playing games,” she said in a statement, calling the margin a “tremendous victory.” |
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“Now there is more work to be done to make sure they don’t break the law or overturn it,” DiZoglio added. |
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| Massachusetts is growing and reliable energy helps make that growth possible. National Grid is investing in the energy infrastructure that powers our homes and businesses, while supporting new housing, new jobs, and economic growth across the Commonwealth. | In Massachusetts, it all starts with safe, reliable energy. Learn more. |
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TURNOUT UNCERTAINTY: Secretary of State Bill Galvin said there haven’t been many elections where he has felt this kind of uncertainty about turnout, but that indicators are often wrong. He pointed to the state primary in September, during which Democrats turned out higher than he anticipated and Republican turnout underperformed his estimates. Ella Adams of State House News Service has more. |
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CODCAST: Election 2026 is upon us. While voters around the country will determine key congressional and gubernatorial races, with Democrats anticipating big victories, perhaps the most interesting part of the election in deep-blue Massachusetts will be the nine ballot questions. To unpack both the national and statewide political landscape, Jordan Wolman is joined by Steve Koczela, president of the MassINC Polling Group, and Chris Borick, professor of political science at Lehigh University and director of Lehigh's Opinion Observatory. |
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STATE HOUSE: Even amid a blue wave, a Republican challenger in Bristol County unseated a Democrat in the State House. (The New Bedford Light) |
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POLITICS: Massachusetts Democrats are viewing the midterm results with hope of change, even with Trump in office for two more years. (The Boston Globe – paywall) |
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IMMIGRATION: A Boston-based organization is opening up a facility in Haiti to aid immigrants that have been deported there. (GBH News) |
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POLITICS: Vermont GOP Gov. Phil Scott, in spite of national headwinds, holds on to his seat. (The Boston Globe – paywall) |
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QUESTION 7: Boston voters may prove decisive in a ballot question that city residents would be exempt from. (Mass Live) |
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