Just days after more than 85% of Bay State voters overwhelmingly approved a bill widening access to public records, Democrats who control Beacon Hill are actively considering ways to derail it. Bills now before the state House and Senate point the way to the coming debate. And public statements by a top Senate leader indicate that the ballot question voters approved on Election Day could be in ...

Advocates say broader voter outreach could have flipped the result, and they're already looking toward future reforms.

Massachusetts voters have rejected Ballot Question 7 on single family home zoning by a slim margin, the AP projected Friday, nearly three days after the election.

Opponents narrowly defeated a ballot measure to reduce minimum lot sizes statewide to spur housing production across Massachusetts, the Associated Press says. The big picture: The results preserves Massachusetts' 351 cities and towns ability to control the residential landscape in their communities, but shows voters are desperate for more housing stock. "The fact that this proposal came so close demonstrates the growing recognition that...

The proposal aimed to encourage more affordable starter homes by allowing single-family houses on smaller lots across much of Massachusetts. The post Voters reject Question 7 on statewide minimum lot sizes appeared first on Boston.com.

The last time MassLive chatted with Daniel Darris-O’Connor, he was just the youngest member of Billerica’s Select Board, following through on an interest in politics and policy that had taken hold at a young age. Just about a year later, Darris-O’Connor, 19, has parlayed that interest into a seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. On Election Day, the rising Democratic star scored ...

Massachusetts voters rejected Ballot Question 5 with 52% voting no, preserving the state's existing tax rebate law and its current revenue cap triggers.

None of the nine ballot questions posed to Massachusetts voters this election cycle received more support than Question 1, which would require the governor and lawmakers to make public most of the records they produce.

The measure would have changed how Massachusetts returns excess tax revenue to residents. The post Campaign behind Question 5 concedes as AP projects measure to fail appeared first on Boston.com.

Republican Rep. Kelly Pease won his fourth term in the 4th Hampden District, defeating Democratic challenger Colby Hoffman in both Westfield and Southampton.