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.
Following the defeat of Massachusetts’ Question 5 ballot initiative, organizations for and against the issue are reflecting on the results and preparing their next moves.
Latino voters had a significant influence on the results of the 2024 presidential election on Tuesday, highlighting the complex impact of identity politics on voter decisions and turnout.
Boston City Council passed an ordinance imposing building restrictions near parks, recognized November as Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month and discussed Election Day issues during its Wednesday meeting at City Hall Plaza.
By Lauren Albano, Editor-in-Chief
• November 6, 2024
Boston residents reflected on the historic, months-long campaigns and national-scale issues that impacted their votes, as they cast their ballots in the 2024 Presidential Election on Tuesday.
Massachusetts voters turned out on Election Day, motivated by historic stakes and issues in party loyalty, women’s rights and the candidates’ character.
At polling stations across Boston, residents are voicing deep frustrations over political polarization as they cast ballots in the 2024 Presidential Election.
Question 5, a Massachusetts ballot measure to raise the minimum wage for tipped workers, has gained new traction as Election Day approaches, with supporters and opponents receiving financial backing and high-caliber endorsements.
Bostonians are focusing on local issues and assessing local politicians’ impact on national campaigns as Election Day approaches and voters cast their ballots.
This year — given our current political climate that’s growing more polarized by the second, and given my festering fear of a second Trump term — it seems undeniably clear the impact third-party and independent candidates will have on Biden’s reelection bid.
Ahead of midterm elections, protestors gathered outside the Mass. State House on Saturday to show support for female and abortion rights candidates. A pro-choice counter protest happened as well.
