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...
View ArticleMass. 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...
View ArticleMass. 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...
View ArticleKeller @ 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...
View ArticleWBZ-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...
View ArticleBallot 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...
View ArticleBallot 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...
View ArticleBallot 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”...
View ArticleBallot 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...
View ArticleNew 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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