On Election Day, Massachusetts voters passed the Question 2 ballot initiative, which removed the MCAS standardized test as a graduation requirement for public school students.
Massachusetts voters approved three ballot questions and rejected two others on Nov. 6, with the approved measures set to impact government transparency, education requirements and rideshare worker rights.
The Boston Public School Committee discussed the impact of the passage of the Question 2 ballot initiative and approved three grants during its Wednesday meeting.
The Boston Public School Committee discussed transformation school updates and deliberated Question 2 on the Massachusetts presidential ballot during its Wednesday meeting.
Question 2, a ballot measure proposing to eliminate the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System as a requirement to receive a high school diploma, has sparked debate among educators, policymakers and students.
The Daily Free Press Editorial Board has chosen to endorse the following answers to each of the four questions on the ballot for the midterm elections.
Voters casting their ballot this election may have noticed some unfamiliar names. Three independent candidates ran for U.S. Congress in Massachusetts this election to challenge the status quo and highlight issues they are passionate about.
Ranked-choice voting matters because people deserve to see their legislators represent the issues they care about. Our current electoral system makes it extremely difficult to achieve these changes.
The Massachusetts Republican State Committee voted unanimously to oppose ranked-choice voting in a committee resolution last week, citing voter disenfranchisement and election-rigging concerns. Ballot Question 2 will ask voters in November if the state should switch to a ranked-choice voting system.
Massachusetts residents voted on three ballot measures in Tuesday’s midterm election, rejecting a proposition to limit the ratio of nurses to patients and approving propositions having to do with limiting political spending and protecting the rights of transgender people in the Commonwealth.
Massachusetts voters have less than a week to decide the fate of three ballot measures regulating health care, political spending and transgender rights. If you’re struggling to make sense of the initiatives...
