Markey was first elected to Congress in 1976 as a U.S. House member. He has said this will be his last session in office.
“That will mean from JFK to Braintree, 50 miles an hour for our riders — shortening trips, speeding up their trips, giving them back time in the day.”
Gov. Maura Healey is maintaining a lead in polls two weeks ahead of Election Day, while the race is tightening around ballot questions to allow public defenders to unionize, create an all-party primary system, and constrain the state’s revenue cap.
The ads targeted for rider eyes on the MBTA were part of a larger campaign that will include signs on billboards in Boston.
Fresh off Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s endorsement of Gov. Maura Healey for reelection, the pair appeared as a unit on Thursday in East Boston.
The governor blamed President Donald Trump for rising gas prices, citing the U.S. war with Iran.
Flanked by law enforcement officials, Gov. Maura Healey last Thursday (Sept. 10) accepted a slew of endorsements from public safety-aligned organizations in her bid for reelection.
Voter information guides will begin landing in mailboxes this week and the state’s top election official says voters should read all 88 pages because the ballot questions they will decide will affect their lives in “real ways.”
Nearly 90% of the 2,000 nurses represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East voted in favor of the strike.
Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins was acquitted by a federal jury Wednesday of corruption charges related to a cannabis investment, according to reports from inside the courtroom.
For the second cycle in a row, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey has dispatched a primary challenge from another member of the state’s all-Democrat congressional delegation, cruising to victory Tuesday over U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton and positioning himself one election away from another six-year term.
Massachusetts will see higher turnout in next Tuesday’s primary elections than it did in 2022, Secretary of State William Galvin predicted Thursday.
Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro recommended an internal investigation and 10-day pause on the district’s payments to vendors for certain departments.
The survey highlighted long-standing racial wealth gaps.
Gov. Maura Healey said Massachusetts will stay on a separate vaccination course.