The measure extending tax cuts and slashing the social safety net goes to President Trump for his signature, but the debate ...

Washington — A federal judge in Massachusetts ... to decide how federal elections are run, and it has done so through laws like the National Voter Registration Act and the Help America Vote Act. The ...

Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s second term in the White House and the Republican-led Congress.

The campaign that pushed to eliminate MCAS scores as a statewide graduation requirement via the ballot box last fall missed a ...

On Tuesday, Mayor Eric Adams’ Charter Revision Commission released its final ballot proposals. The proposals come just two months after the commission was initially established.

A State House committee dealing with the Bay State’s election laws held a hearing on Tuesday, opening the floor for the ...

Ever since North Dakota voters created an ethics watchdog agency seven years ago, dubious lawmakers have pushed back against giving it power to actually keep an eye on state officials.

NEW YORK STATE OF MIND — New York City’s mayoral primary is giving Bay State voters a glimpse of what elections could look like down the line in some Massachusetts municipalities that are ...

Prior state law allowed the commission to overrule counties’ pipeline setbacks, although the commission has so far declined to do that.

Along with deciding the next president, Massachusetts voters will also decide on five key ballot questions on Tuesday. The ballot initiatives include allowing the state auditor to probe the legislator ...

But advocates in Bridgeport, who have repeatedly called for reforms to the state’s absentee ballot laws, were less accepting of the legislature’s failure to take up the measure this session.

BOSTON — Mike Kennealy, a Republican running for governor, has loaned his campaign double the amount allowed under state law since launching his bid in April, a move that could ...