Lost in the national turmoil following last week’s elections was the fact that Massachusetts voters also sent their legislators a message: Do better.

Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton said Tuesday that his party will continue to lose elections if they attempt to ...

In its ongoing efforts to champion the democratic process for and civic engagement of all citizens of Suffolk County, including the voting-eligible men and women in its care and custody, the Suffolk ...

House Speaker Ron Mariano pushed through a resolution to conduct an independent audit of the Legislature in defiance of a voter-approved law that authorizes the state auditor to ...

Massachusetts House Democrats voted Thursday to grant the State Auditor’s Office the sole authority to select an independent ...

The nonbinding referendum Question 7 was on Election Day ballots in Chatham, Eastham ... Wind and other possible future ...

In the first seriously contested Senate Republican leadership election in decades, three senators are vying to replace longtime GOP leader Mitch McConnell when he steps down from the post at the begin ...

Six years after the Federal Election Commission ruled federal candidates can use campaign funds to pay for child care, ...

In the recent Massachusetts state election, voters faced a pivotal decision on a ballot initiative aiming to eliminate the tip credit system. The proposal sought to require employers to pay tipped ...

Massachusetts residents voted a resounding “No” and ... In Ohio, this issue was raised to be placed on this election’s ballot but died without enough signatures to make it there. Connecticut currently ...

The left sees setbacks on abortion, drug legalization, minimum wage and election-process questions from coast to coast.

But will state lawmakers tinker with these new laws -- or scrap them altogether? Question 1 "Legislative leaders are still ...