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Boston votes against renaming Dudley Square

Boston votes against renaming Dudley Square

Daily Free Press Staff November 6, 2019
The measure lost by 4,556 votes with 24,207 people voting against the ballot question.
PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

EDITORIAL: Prioritize people, not tax returns on 2018 ballot

Editors September 7, 2017

Every major-party nominee for president in the past 30 years has publicly released their tax returns — except for Donald Trump. This lack of transparency by our now-president has been met with months...

Two marijuana legalization advocacy groups filed petition signatures to support the legalization of marijuana in Massachusetts being on the 2016 ballot. PHOTO COURTESY PIXABAY

Marijuana legalization groups push forward with ballot questions for 2016 election

Abigail Freeman November 23, 2015

Groups seeking to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Massachusetts filed petition signatures Wednesday to place certified questions on the upcoming 2016 election ballot. The Campaign to Regulate...

In an attempt to advance the next round of ballot question certification, marijuana advocacy groups such as Bay State Repeal and the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol kicked off signature drives on Sept. 22. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Policy groups gather signatures to legalize marijuana use

Maisie Guzi October 1, 2015

In an effort to legalize marijuana use for Massachusetts residents over the age of 21, the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol and Bay State Repeal, organizations, which both started signature...

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