After more than a year of campaigning and debates, the U.S. presidential election is drawing closer. From Oct. 24 to Nov. 4, Massachusetts residents are given the opportunity, for the first time, to vote...

Following months of extensive campaigning, residents voted Annissa Essaibi George into the Boston City Council as an at-large member in Tuesday’s municipal elections, pushing incumbent Stephen Murphy...

Less than a week before municipal elections, Boston City Council voted 9-4 Wednesday in favor of giving its members a salary increase of $12,000. The pay hike, proposed Aug. 31 by Boston Mayor Martin...