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.
Question 3, a ballot measure seeking to allow unionization and collective bargaining for transportation network drivers, has sparked support from Massachusetts state senators, but Uber and Lyft remain neutral.
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.
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.
Students from across the city filled Boston Common less than eight months ago as they protested gun violence by pushing for stronger gun control at March for Our Lives. Young voters then turned to the polls in the days and weeks leading up to and on Tuesday.
Sometimes, progressivism feels like a bargaining game with convenience. Political issues often come with their own set of politics. Socioeconomic consequences, legal logistics and partisan ploys convolute...
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...
Hundreds gathered at Boston City Hall Plaza Sunday afternoon for the “Rally for Transgender Rights” to protest discrimination against transgender people.
Transgender individuals in Massachusetts may be legally required to use public accommodations designed for their sex at birth in a few months. Seven years after Massachusetts passed an anti-discrimination law permitting people to use accommodations of their gender identity, the law may be repealed.
By Till Kaeslin, Ellie French and Shannon Larson
Massachusetts residents on Tuesday voted on four tightly contested ballot questions; both Questions 1 and 2 were rejected and Questions 3 and 4 passed,...
