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Vermont’s pot-growing, gun-toting, party-switching lieutenant governor is on the ropes

Long before it became legal in Vermont, Lieutenant Governor John Rodgers was growing marijuana in the Northeast Kingdom town of Glover.

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With student IDs now useless for voting in N.H., will turnout in college towns suffer? Local clerks doubt it.

Proponents said removing student IDs from the list of state-approved voter IDs would improve election security. Critics said it will make voting less accessible.

‘A message that democracy is broken’: What all those ballot questions say about the state of Mass. politics

Massachusetts voters have never seen a longer slate of ballot questions than they will on Tuesday, and the often dense explanations require voters to carefully parse their options.

Two years ago, Mass. passed strict new gun laws. Will voters undo them on Tuesday?

Voters will be presented with the state's existing gun laws and asked whether they want to uphold them.

Maura Healey built her political profile fighting Trump. Now comes a new question: What happens when her foil’s gone?

As exhausting as Democrats say their fight against President Trump is, it’s also provided Healey a singular source of political rocket fuel.

Antiabortion activists say they’ve gathered nearly 100,000 signatures to suspend new Mass. abortion law

Antiabortion activists in Massachusetts say they have gathered enough signatures to temporarily halt an abortion law that reshapes how women can terminate pregnancies after 24 weeks.

The only Mass. ballot question guide you need

There are a whopping nine measures before voters this year, ranging from questions about state taxes to an effort to repeal recreational marijuana in the state.

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Fired by R.I. governor for pro-Palestine comments, Providence councilman wins First Amendment lawsuit

Miguel Sanchez, who is poised to be the next council president in Providence, won his case on free speech grounds. A trial is still planned to determine damages.