Taunton’s election for mayor and other local offices is Tuesday, Nov. 4. But residents who don’t want to wait can start casting their ballots early.

The sharpest exchange of the night was over rent control — especially between candidates who came in at the bottom of the September preliminary election.

When Arjun K. Jaikumar left his private practice to work for Massachusetts as a public attorney, he made a commitment to the public good. Now, he is committing to children in Cambridge, running for School Committee with concrete plans to eliminate achievement gaps and improve transparency.

A proposal to sever the tie between the annual street list and voter registration status to reduce voting barriers in Massachusetts has the backing of voting rights advocates, but met

We know that changing all elections to even-numbered years will likely double the vote in municipal elections, and data show that the additional voters would likely be more representative of the overall population. It’s time for a change.

Authorities in Rhode Island — where Wilmer Puello-Mota was arrested in 2020 and from where he fled prosecution in 2024 — are aware that he’s been in contact with Holyoke City Hall and are investigating.