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Governor Maura Healey on Tuesday said she would vote against a proposal to establish rent control statewide in Massachusetts should it reach the ballot next year, arguing the initiative would stanch ...

Massachusetts voters are on track to decide a potentially record-setting number of ballot questions in 2026, and Gov. Maura Healey has already started to figure out how she’ll fill in the bubbles.

SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - After Australia's worst mass shooting in 1996, it took the government 12 days to ban semi-automatic weapons, organise a gun buyback scheme and introduce a licensing system ...

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The controversy surrounding a University of Oklahoma (OU) student who received a failing grade for citing the Bible in an essay has now shifted from a supposed free-speech violation to a meticulous ...

The campaign behind a proposed 2026 ballot measure to establish rent control across the state says it has cleared the highest signature-gathering hurdle in the initiative petition process, submitting ...

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A statewide initiative that seeks to cap annual rent increases in Massachusetts at 5% has gained enough signatures to move one step closer to the 2026 ballot, prompting property owners and real estate ...