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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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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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Massachusetts Groups Propose Questions Legalizing Marijuana
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts voters could get a chance to decide whether to legalize the recreational use of marijuana if any of several proposed pro-pot questions filed with the state attorney...
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Healey Clears Most Proposed State Ballot Questions
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts attorney general cleared the way on Wednesday for supporters of more than 20 proposed ballot questions, including ones calling for the legalization of recreational...
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WBZ-UMass Poll: Ballot Questions On Marijuana, Common Core, Wealthy Income Tax
BOSTON (CBS) – I know, it’s hard to take your eyes off the presidential demolition derby. But the WBZ-TV, WBZ NewsRadio, UMass Amherst Poll shows we are headed for a pretty interesting local campaign...
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SJC Says Pot Question Can Go Forward, But With New Summary
BOSTON (CBS/AP) — The state’s highest court has cleared the way for a question that calls for legalizing recreational marijuana in Massachusetts to appear on the November ballot. The Supreme Judicial...
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I-Team: Breaking Down Mass. Marijuana Legalization Ballot Question
BOSTON (CBS) – Massachusetts voters have a big decision in November when it comes to legalizing Marijuana. Both sides of the issue will spend a lot of money to try to convince you whether or not to...
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I-Team: How Legal Marijuana Has Changed Denver
DENVER, CO (CBS) – What if you suddenly dropped a billion-dollar industry into a state? And what if that billion-dollar industry was legal marijuana? It’s what happened in Denver. And if Massachusetts...
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Marijuana Addiction Uncommon But Real, Experts Say
BOSTON (CBS) — Is marijuana addictive? It’s a question many voters have as Massachusetts prepares to vote on legalized marijuana in November. The ballot question would essentially mean the state would...
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I-Team: How To Regulate Marijuana Edibles
DENVER, CO (CBS) – Marijuana edibles make up nearly half of the one billion dollar legal pot industry in Colorado. They are also among the most controversial aspects of legalization. At Ganja Gourmet...
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I-Team: The Politics Of Marijuana Legalization
BOSTON (CBS) – Get ready for a media blitz as supporters and opponents try to convince you to take sides on the issue of marijuana legalization. The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol says it...
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I-Team: Police Face New Challenges With Legalized Marijuana
BOSTON (CBS) – Should marijuana be legal in Massachusetts? A November ballot question will leave it up to voters to decide. Supporters believe pot is less harmful than alcohol and adults should not be...
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I-Team: Impact Of Legal Marijuana On Teenagers
BOSTON (CBS) – One of the biggest areas of concern surrounding the marijuana ballot question is the impact on teens. Those against legalization insist use is up where pot is legal for adults....
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Keller @ Large: Panel Talks Marijuana Ballot Question
BOSTON (CBS) — This November, Massachusetts voters will decide on ballot question 4, which would allow the use, possession, distribution, and cultivation of limited amounts of marijuana by people 21...
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Marijuana Debate: Should It Be Legal In Massachusetts?
BOSTON (CBS) – Should marijuana be legal in Massachusetts? Voters will face that question on their ballots in November. Jim Borghesani, spokesman for the campaign to regulate marijuana like alcohol in...
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WBZ-UMass Poll: Voters Favor Legal Recreational Marijuana, But Have Reservations
BOSTON (CBS) – It’s been 30 years since network censors removed this joke by comedian Sam Kinison from an episode of “Saturday Night Live”: “They’ve taken the pot, there is no more pot. You can’t get...
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WBZ-UMass Poll: Voters Favor More Charter Schools, But Many Still Undecided
BOSTON (CBS) – For more than twenty years, public charter schools have provided an option for Massachusetts families dissatisfied with the conventional public schools. Thousands are on the waiting list...
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Ballot Question 1: Another Slot Machine Parlor In Massachusetts?
BOSTON (CBS) — It’s deja vu for Celeste Rebeiro Myers, who chairs the No On One Committee. Two years ago, she fought the casino license that ultimately went to Everett. The East Boston resident says...
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More Than $18 Million Spent On Charter School Question TV Ads
BOSTON (AP) — Supporters of a ballot question aimed at expanding the number of charter schools in Massachusetts have spent nearly twice as much on television ads as opponents. As of Monday, Great...
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Charter School Debate: Yes Or No On Question 2?
BOSTON (CBS) – On Election Day, Massachusetts voters will decide whether or not to lift the cap on charter schools. There are currently 78 charter schools operating in the state. The new law would:...
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Ballot Question 2: Expand Charter Schools In Massachusetts?
BOSTON (CBS) – Question 2 on the November ballot would allow the State Board of Education to approve up to 12 new or expanded public charter schools a year. Watch: WBZ-TV’s Charter School Debate This...
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Keller @ Large: Clock Ticking Down On Contentious Presidential Campaign
BOSTON (CBS) – The clock is ticking down on the 2016 presidential election. WBZ-TV’s Jon Keller was joined this week by political analyst Joanna Weiss and political strategist Charley Manning to...
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Widow Of Trooper Clardy Urges Voters To Reject Marijuana Legalization
BOSTON (CBS) — The widow of a Massachusetts State Trooper who was killed in March by an alleged marijuana-impaired driver is speaking out against drugged driving and urging Massachusetts residents to...
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Ballot Question 3: Change Law On Confinement Of Farm Animals?
BOSTON (CBS) — Stephanie Harris, the Massachusetts state director of the Humane Society of the United States, says Question 3 centers on living conditions for farm animals. “There are no rules in...
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What Happens Next If Marijuana Ballot Question Passes
BOSTON (CBS) — Polls show strong support for Question 4, which would legalize recreational marijuana in Massachusetts. On a recent afternoon in Brookline, it was not hard to find people who are in...
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Bernie Sanders Weighs In On Mass. Charter School Ballot Question
BOSTON (AP) — The battle over a charter school ballot question is heating up in the sprint to Election Day. On Tuesday, opponents of the question , about expanding the number of charter schools in the...
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Ballot Question 4: Legalize Recreational Pot?
BOSTON (CBS) – The Massachusetts ballot question asking voters to legalize recreational marijuana is generating both high interest and heavy spending. Read: 2016 Ballot Questions Question 4 would...
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Keller @ Large: Look At Motives Of Both Sides In Charter School Fight
BOSTON (CBS) – If you don’t really know much about charter schools in Massachusetts and are trying to make up your mind how to vote on Question Two, the ballot question that would allow more of them...
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Massachusetts Voters Reject Charter School Expansion
BOSTON (CBS/AP) — Voters have rejected a ballot measure that would have expanded the number of charter schools in Massachusetts by up to a dozen a year. “It’s a great victory,” teacher Zina Link told...
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Massachusetts Approves Recreational Marijuana
BOSTON (AP) — Voters have approved a ballot measure making Massachusetts the first state in the eastern U.S. to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. A similar question is leading in Maine. The...
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Offsetting Votes? Ballot Proposals Both Raise, Lower Taxes
BOSTON (AP) — The menu of more than two dozen proposed questions for the 2018 Massachusetts ballot offers something for pretty much every ideological and political taste, including those who want to...
View ArticleNurse Staffing Ratios Could Cost Nearly $1 Billion If Ballot Question Passes,...
BOSTON (AP) — An independent state agency that monitors hospital spending says a November ballot question that would mandate strict nurse staffing levels could add nearly $1 billion in new health care...
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Watch: Question 1 Debate On Mandatory Patient Limits For Nurses
Question 1 on the 2018 Massachusetts ballot deals with setting mandatory patient limits for nurses. Proponents of each side debated in the WBZ studios.
View ArticleKeller @ Large: How Close Are The State’s Biggest Races?
BOSTON (CBS) — Tuesday is Election Day across the country. In the Massachusetts gubernatorial race, Gov. Charlie Baker leads by a large margin over opposing Democratic candidate Jay Gonzalez, according...
View ArticleVoter ID Requirement, New Gig Worker Rules Among Possible Massachusetts...
BOSTON (AP) — A question that would require voters to present an ID and a second that would grant new benefits for drivers for companies like Uber and Lyft while stopping short of declaring them...
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