A $17.1 billion settlement between Meta and AGs across the US comes as Mass. lawmakers deliberate on further social media restrictions.
Year: 2026
Newton mayor announces restructuring of its environmental staff to “enhance” ambitious climate efforts, raising a red flag for some.
Methuen Rep. Francisco Paulino faces eight counts of wire fraud and three counts of unlawful monetary transactions.
The governor’s office shared new guidance for how to handle ICE at Massachusetts schools and child care centers.
Quincy statues violated Massachusetts’s bar against government support for religion, the state’s highest court upheld.
Former chair of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission seeking compensation for alleged retaliation.
Boston’s White Stadium will now move ahead without delay, even as opponents remain concerned about the controversial construction project.
Boston’s White Stadium will now move ahead without delay, even as opponents remain concerned about the controversial construction project.
Massachusetts voters will decide in November whether to make big changes to the state’s primary elections. But it’s not a first-in-the-nation experiment: several other states, including California, already have similar systems in which all candidates appear on the same primary ballot and the top two advance to the general election, even if they’re from the same party. This week on The Codcast, Chris Lisinski interviews Andrew Sinclair, a government professor at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California about how the Golden State’s primary framework came to be, what the effects have been, and what lessons Massachusetts might take.
Early in-person voting no longer as common in Massachusetts after the pandemic and rise of mail-in ballots.