Rachael Rollins Nominated To Be U.S. Attorney For Massachusetts

Rachael Rollins is being nominated by President Joe Biden to become the top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts.

• Jul 26, 2021

Massachusetts House Votes To Legalize Sports Betting

House lawmakers in Massachusetts Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favor of what they say is a home run: legal sports betting.

• Jul 22, 2021

Keller @ Large: Tokyo Protests Resemble Backlash Against Plans For Boston 2024 Olympics

If a barrage of loud street protests against the Tokyo Olympics in recent days have seemed familiar, it's with good reason.

• Jul 21, 2021

Massachusetts House Preparing To Vote On Sports Betting Thursday

At least 30 states, including neighboring Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire and New York, have authorized gamblers to place legal bets on sports in some fashion.

• Jul 20, 2021

Keller @ Large: Examining What Matters To Voters In The Boston Mayoral Election

Gender? Race? Exam schools admissions policy? Jon Keller speaks with two reporters on the issues surrounding this mayoral election in Boston.

• Jul 18, 2021

Jon Santiago Drops Out Of Boston Mayoral Race

Jon Santiago has become the first candidate to drop out of Boston's mayoral race.

• Jul 13, 2021

Keller @ Large: Have Racial Equity Promises Made Following George Floyd's Death Been Kept?

WBZ-TV political analyst Jon Keller was joined by Segun Idowu, CEO of the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts, to look at what has happened over the last year.

• Jul 11, 2021

Geoff Diehl Becomes 1st Republican To Enter 2022 Massachusetts Gubernatorial Race

A Republican candidate has officially thrown their hat into the 2022 Massachusetts gubernatorial race. 

• Jul 5, 2021

Keller @ Large: Does Gov. Baker's 2-Month Sales Tax Holiday Stand A Chance With Lawmakers?

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is proposing a 2-month sales tax holiday in August and September, but there's already been pushback.

• Jun 27, 2021

Massachusetts State Rep. Claire Cronin Nominated To Become Ambassador To Ireland

Cronin said she was honored by the nomination.

• Jun 23, 2021

Democratic State Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz Running For Massachusetts Governor

Jamaica Plain Democratic State Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz announced Wednesday morning she is running for governor of Massachusetts.

• Jun 23, 2021

Keller @ Large: Talks Drag Over Infrastructure Bill, But One Side Has The Upper Hand

While the talks drag on in Washington, drivers here sit in nasty Mass. Pike traffic as workers repair some of the nation's worst interstate bridges.

• Jun 22, 2021

'Stop The Stubbornness': Mass. GOP Official Urges Fellow Conservatives To Get Vaccinated

After nearly dying from COVID-19, Tom Mountain has become a self-described evangelist for his fellow conservatives to get vaccinated.

• Jun 15, 2021

Harvard Professor Danielle Allen Announces Run For Massachusetts Governor

She is the first Black woman in state history to run for governor.

• Jun 15, 2021

Lawmakers, State Leaders Fight Over Drawing Precinct Lines

The bill approved Thursday by House lawmakers on a 131-29 vote, would reverse the process to let state lawmakers redraw district lines first. Local officials would then have to draw precincts to fit those districts.

• Jun 12, 2021

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