Mounting complaints of voter fraud in Lawrence have prompted Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin to intervene ahead of the November election. City officials say they’ve also been raising concerns about questionable absentee ballot applications,

Linhares faces Tony Economou in the Nov. 4 election for a District 1 seat being vacated by current councilor Jenny Pacillo.

Could the mayor's raise still make it onto the November election ballot? It depends who you ask. What was said in court on Wednesday, Oct. 14.

It’s not running the day-to-day operations. It’s not supervising thousands of employees,” said Glenn Koocher, executive director of the Massachusetts Association of School Committees. “You have to work collaboratively.

In an order dated Thursday, Secretary of State William F. Galvin said he will assume approval power over any additional hires in the department ahead of the Nov. 4 election.

Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, a 79-year old Democrat who has served in Congress for nearly five decades, is facing a

Moulton invoked Markey's age in his announcement video, arguing that he doesn't think the senator "should be running for another six-year term at 80 years old."

Rep. Seth Moulton will challenge Sen. Ed Markey for his Senate seat in 2026, setting up one of the biggest tests of Democratic voters’ appetite for generational change following the 2024 presidential election.