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Casino Repeal, Sick Time, Minimum Wage Bills Head Toward Mass. Ballot In 2014

BOSTON (AP) — Voters in Massachusetts have grown used to weighty policy questions, from deciding whether to allow the death penalty or regulate abortion to whether to legalize physician-assisted...

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Mass. Ballot Questions Order Announced; Casino, Sick Time Questions Included

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin has announced the order of questions on the November ballot. Galvin announced at the Statehouse on Thursday that a question to...

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Mass. Casino Opponents Seek Debate On Ballot Question

BOSTON (AP) — Anti-casino activists are calling on the state’s top lawmakers and executives from the three casino companies that have won state gambling licenses to a political debate. The Repeal the...

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Keller @ Large: Wynn Will Play Major Role In Ballot Question Campaign

BOSTON (CBS) – On Wednesday, the state gaming commission formally approved Wynn Resorts as the winner of the Greater Boston casino license. Because a ballot question could overturn the state’s gaming...

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WBZ-TV-UMass Amherst Poll: Baker-Coakley, Casinos Are Close Races

BOSTON (CBS) – The first WBZ TV-UMass Amherst poll on the Massachusetts governor’s race shows it’s a tight contest between Republican Charlie Baker and Democrat Martha Coakley. The poll released Monday...

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Ballot Question 1: Eliminating Gas Tax Indexing

BOSTON (CBS) – Ballot Question 1 would repeal the part of last year’s gasoline tax hike that would adjust the tax annually according to the inflation rate. Steve Aylward of Watertown led the petition...

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Ballot Question 2: Expanding The Bottle Deposit Law

BOSTON (CBS) – Ballot Question 2 raises the question of whether expanding the state’s beverage container law would result in less litter and more people recycling. Can a five-cent deposit make that...

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Ballot Question 3: Ban Casinos In Massachusetts?

BOSTON (CBS) – Massachusetts voters will have the chance to give a thumbs up or down on casinos in the Commonwealth on November 4. Ballot Question 3 is called “The Affordable Casino Repeal Initiative”...

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Ballot Question 4: Earned Sick Time For Employees

BOSTON (CBS) – Ballot Question 4 would set a mandate for both small and large businesses to provide employees with a certain allocation of sick days. “Employees who work for employers having eleven or...

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New WBZ-TV-UMass Amherst Poll Shows Coakley, Baker In Dead Heat

BOSTON (CBS) – A new WBZ/UMass Amherst poll shows the 2014 race for governor is locked in a dead heat as voters prepare to choose a successor to Gov. Deval Patrick. Republican nominee Charlie Baker and...

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