ELECTIONS

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments surrounding three potential ballot questions.

Two local Democratic hopefuls for Massachusetts lieutenant governor participated in the candidate forum in their own backyard Tuesday night.

State House News Service reporter Matt Murphy discusses possible Massachusetts gubernatorial debates and a state Senate bill addressing equity in the cannabis industry.

State House News Service reporter Matt Murphy discusses possible Massachusetts gubernatorial debates and a state Senate bill addressing equity in the cannabis industry.

A bill that would allow out-of-town commuters and caretakers of the disabled or chronically ill to vote by absentee ballot won final legislative passage Wednesday on a 30-4 vote in the Connecticut state Senate.

Mary Hurley, who has represented western Massachusetts on the Governor's Council since 2017, is not seeking reelection.

The Harvard professor said she is dropping out of the race for Massachusetts governor.

Gov. Ned Lamont proposed a new state budget Wednesday that shifts hundreds of millions of dollars in federal pandemic relief outside of normal appropriations, funds a middle-class property tax relief program and makes major new investments in social services, health care, education and economic development.

With Sydney Levin-Epstein's announcement Tuesday, the Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester district in the Massachusetts Senate now figures to have a contested Democratic primary.

The field of Democratic hopefuls for the office of Massachusetts attorney general is coming into focus.