Opponents narrowly defeated a ballot measure to reduce minimum lot sizes statewide to spur housing production across Massachusetts, the Associated Press says. The big picture: The results preserves Massachusetts' 351 cities and towns ability to control the residential landscape in their communities, but shows voters are desperate for more housing stock. "The fact that this proposal came so close demonstrates the growing recognition that...

The last time MassLive chatted with Daniel Darris-O’Connor, he was just the youngest member of Billerica’s Select Board, following through on an interest in politics and policy that had taken hold at a young age. Just about a year later, Darris-O’Connor, 19, has parlayed that interest into a seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. On Election Day, the rising Democratic star scored ...

Nearly every demographic group swung more blue this cycle, when looking at the U.S. Senate race, with the exception of the 65-and-older group.

Massachusetts voters rejected Ballot Question 5 with 52% voting no, preserving the state's existing tax rebate law and its current revenue cap triggers.

None of the nine ballot questions posed to Massachusetts voters this election cycle received more support than Question 1, which would require the governor and lawmakers to make public most of the records they produce.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has been reelected for a second term, defeating Republican challenger Mike Minogue, CBS News projects.

The measure would allow single family homes to be built on a minimum 5,000 sq. ft. lot. WBZ-TV's Payton May reports.

BOSTON — Hessann Farooqi knows the pressure is on Democrats to deliver after a historic wave election Tuesday propelled them into majorities on Capitol Hill. “What we will do in the next couple of years, I think, will really define the next few decades,” Farooqi said during the Democrats’ victory party at the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel in Boston on Tuesday night. With friends by his side, ...

Darris-O’Connor, a Billerica Democrat, unseated an eight-term Republican lawmaker, making him one of the youngest representatives-elect in Massachusetts history.