Mike Minogue, a Republican candidate for governor, says that he wants to make Massachusetts a place people can stay and raise families like his.

Anne Manning Martin, a Republican hopeful for lieutenant governor, cannot appear on the Sept. 1 primary ballot under a new Supreme Judicial Court ruling.

On Monday, SJC Justice Frank Gaziano denied the State Ballot Law Commission's appeal and reinstated Walsh's name onto the ballot.

The debate between incumbent Ed Markey and challenger Seth Moulton to represent Massachusetts was held in Chicopee Wednesday.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is one of at least five Massachusetts senators and representatives on Capitol Hill to call on Maine candidate for Graham Platner to end his U.S. Senate campaign as he faces new sexual assault allegations.

The story alleges that five years ago, Platner forced a woman he was dating to have sex with him, despite her repeated objections.

A proposal to bring back rent control was thrown out less than a week after an income tax cut initiative was jettisoned.

Massachusetts voters will not have the opportunity to repeal the state's three-decade ban on rent control on November's ballot.

Under the proposed system, a single all-party primary would be held in September in which all candidates would appear on the same primary ballot and all voters, regardless of party registration, would cast votes on that ballot.

Justices took issue with the summary written by the office of Attorney General Andrea Campbell.