Top Beacon Hill Democrats’ willingness to leave the door open to tinkering with ballot questions after voters approve them on Election Day amounts to “voter suppression,” State Auditor Diana DiZoglio said at a rally in Quincy Saturday. Senate President Karen Spilka and House Speaker Ron Mariano did not shoot down the possibility when asked late … Read more
As Nantucket continues to reel from the Vineyard Wind turbine blade failure, critics are raising concerns around how the project’s parent company, Avangrid, has donated thousands of dollars in campaign money to state elected officials. A Herald analysis found that employees who list Avangrid as their employer have made 217 donations totaling $57,677 to dozens … Read more
Gov. Maura Healey’s pick for the state’s highest court will get her first job as a judge, after the Governor’s Council unanimously approved her appointment to the Supreme Judicial Court. State Solicitor Elizabeth “Bessie” Dewar, 43, received the support of the eight-member council after a December hearing on her nomination, in which they questioned the … Read more
