2018 Mass. Ballot QuestionsStories about Massachusetts ballot questions in 2018.How To Heal After Defeat Of Nurse Staffing Ballot Question: Focus On TeamsOne trouble with the ballot measure was that it focused only on nurses and mostly on hospital care. We need to think about our health care workforce more broadly, writes...Local CoverageNov 13, 2018The Bluest State? More Like The Most PracticalIt’s easy to make fun of Massachusetts for being too liberal. But the results of the midterms tell a different story. And anyway, writes Tom Keane, our politics get results....CognoscentiNov 8, 2018Mass. Voters Pass Question 2, Express Support Of Long Shot Mission To Repeal Citizens UnitedThe vote, which mandates a 15-member commission of Massachusetts residents form to explore a path to repeal the hotly-debated 2010 Supreme Court decision, was not surprising. Local CoverageNov 6, 2018Mass. Votes 'Yes' On Question 3 To Keep Law Protecting Transgender People In Public AccommodationsVoters opted to preserve the 2016 law that lets people use bathrooms, locker rooms or other similar facilities that reflect the gender with which they identify.Local CoverageNov 6, 2018Mass. Voters Say 'No' To Nurse Staffing Ballot QuestionMassachusetts voters have decided the state will not write nurse-to-patient ratios into law.ResumeLocal Coverage02:01Nov 6, 2018AdvertisementDo Ballot Initiatives Deliver On Their Promises?The campaign rhetoric is often very strong, but Massachusetts has no easy way to follow up on how ballot initiatives actually affect the state. ResumeRadio Boston04:31Nov 1, 2018Politics Aside, New Bathroom Designs Move The Boundaries On GenderGender-neutral signs and single bathrooms are becoming routine in new buildings.ResumeLocal Coverage06:00Nov 1, 2018You Don't Have To Choose Between Protecting Women And Protecting Transgender PeopleI’m offended by the disingenuous claims that upholding this law will put women’s safety at risk, writes Jaclyn Friedman. It just isn’t true.CognoscentiNov 1, 2018WBUR Poll: Most Mass. Voters Now Oppose Ballot Question About Nurse StaffingThe public is souring on a ballot measure that would limit the numbers of patients assigned to nurses, according to a WBUR poll. Earlier polls showed the "yes" camp leading...ResumeLocal Coverage04:06Oct 31, 2018Voter Guide: Massachusetts ElectionHere's a guide to notable contested races in the state.Local CoverageOct 30, 2018UMass Will Stick With 'Inclusive' Policies, Regardless Of Transgender Ballot Measure ResultsUMass President Marty Meehan and the chancellors of the five UMass campuses said UMass will not change the school's current policy, which "assures that all members of our campus communities...Local CoverageOct 29, 2018Laverne Cox Urges Mass. To Vote Yes On Question 3, To Send Message To NationAs the federal government weighs changes to legal definitions around sex and gender, a vote to uphold a Massachusetts law aimed at protecting transgender people from discrimination would send a...Local CoverageOct 25, 2018Division Remains On Question 1, Which Would Mandate Patient-To-Nurse RatiosWBUR's Martha Bebinger takes a look at the key points the two nurses raised during a debate on Question 1 for Morning Edition.ResumeLocal Coverage03:34Oct 23, 2018Transcript: Nurses Debate Ballot Question 1 On 'Radio Boston'Radio Boston holds a full-hour debate on Question 1, the Massachusetts ballot measure about nurse ratios. Local CoverageOct 22, 2018Debate: Nurse Staffing Ballot QuestionA "yes" vote on Question 1 would establish nurse-to-patient ratios in Massachusetts.ResumeRadio Boston49:06Oct 22, 2018How Nurse Assignments Are Made And Would Change With Ballot Question 1Question 1 would create mandatory nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in Massachusetts. Nurses and the public appear deeply divided on the measure.ResumeLocal Coverage05:07Oct 22, 2018Watch: Ballot Question 2 Debate Over Citizens United And Campaign Finance ReformIf approved, the state would establish a citizen commission to study and recommend potential constitutional amendments.ResumeRadio Boston49:00Oct 18, 2018Question 2 Wants Mass. Voters To Take A Stand Against Citizens United — If Only A Symbolic OneEight years after the Supreme Court's controversial decision, a ballot initiative in Massachusetts is asking voters to say on the record that they oppose the ruling.ResumeLocal Coverage03:48Oct 18, 2018A 'Yes' On Question 3 Is A Vote For Public HealthWhen we can navigate public spaces without fear of attack, health can flourish, writes Sandro Galea. CognoscentiOct 17, 2018Watch: Two Sides Of Transgender Protection Law Square Off In DebateShould Massachusetts keep the law allowing transgender people to use the public accommodations that correspond with their gender identity?ResumeRadio Boston49:02Oct 16, 2018Next Page
How To Heal After Defeat Of Nurse Staffing Ballot Question: Focus On TeamsOne trouble with the ballot measure was that it focused only on nurses and mostly on hospital care. We need to think about our health care workforce more broadly, writes...Local CoverageNov 13, 2018
The Bluest State? More Like The Most PracticalIt’s easy to make fun of Massachusetts for being too liberal. But the results of the midterms tell a different story. And anyway, writes Tom Keane, our politics get results....CognoscentiNov 8, 2018
Mass. Voters Pass Question 2, Express Support Of Long Shot Mission To Repeal Citizens UnitedThe vote, which mandates a 15-member commission of Massachusetts residents form to explore a path to repeal the hotly-debated 2010 Supreme Court decision, was not surprising. Local CoverageNov 6, 2018
Mass. Votes 'Yes' On Question 3 To Keep Law Protecting Transgender People In Public AccommodationsVoters opted to preserve the 2016 law that lets people use bathrooms, locker rooms or other similar facilities that reflect the gender with which they identify.Local CoverageNov 6, 2018
Mass. Voters Say 'No' To Nurse Staffing Ballot QuestionMassachusetts voters have decided the state will not write nurse-to-patient ratios into law.ResumeLocal Coverage02:01Nov 6, 2018
Do Ballot Initiatives Deliver On Their Promises?The campaign rhetoric is often very strong, but Massachusetts has no easy way to follow up on how ballot initiatives actually affect the state. ResumeRadio Boston04:31Nov 1, 2018
Politics Aside, New Bathroom Designs Move The Boundaries On GenderGender-neutral signs and single bathrooms are becoming routine in new buildings.ResumeLocal Coverage06:00Nov 1, 2018
You Don't Have To Choose Between Protecting Women And Protecting Transgender PeopleI’m offended by the disingenuous claims that upholding this law will put women’s safety at risk, writes Jaclyn Friedman. It just isn’t true.CognoscentiNov 1, 2018
WBUR Poll: Most Mass. Voters Now Oppose Ballot Question About Nurse StaffingThe public is souring on a ballot measure that would limit the numbers of patients assigned to nurses, according to a WBUR poll. Earlier polls showed the "yes" camp leading...ResumeLocal Coverage04:06Oct 31, 2018
Voter Guide: Massachusetts ElectionHere's a guide to notable contested races in the state.Local CoverageOct 30, 2018
UMass Will Stick With 'Inclusive' Policies, Regardless Of Transgender Ballot Measure ResultsUMass President Marty Meehan and the chancellors of the five UMass campuses said UMass will not change the school's current policy, which "assures that all members of our campus communities...Local CoverageOct 29, 2018
Laverne Cox Urges Mass. To Vote Yes On Question 3, To Send Message To NationAs the federal government weighs changes to legal definitions around sex and gender, a vote to uphold a Massachusetts law aimed at protecting transgender people from discrimination would send a...Local CoverageOct 25, 2018
Division Remains On Question 1, Which Would Mandate Patient-To-Nurse RatiosWBUR's Martha Bebinger takes a look at the key points the two nurses raised during a debate on Question 1 for Morning Edition.ResumeLocal Coverage03:34Oct 23, 2018
Transcript: Nurses Debate Ballot Question 1 On 'Radio Boston'Radio Boston holds a full-hour debate on Question 1, the Massachusetts ballot measure about nurse ratios. Local CoverageOct 22, 2018
Debate: Nurse Staffing Ballot QuestionA "yes" vote on Question 1 would establish nurse-to-patient ratios in Massachusetts.ResumeRadio Boston49:06Oct 22, 2018
How Nurse Assignments Are Made And Would Change With Ballot Question 1Question 1 would create mandatory nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in Massachusetts. Nurses and the public appear deeply divided on the measure.ResumeLocal Coverage05:07Oct 22, 2018
Watch: Ballot Question 2 Debate Over Citizens United And Campaign Finance ReformIf approved, the state would establish a citizen commission to study and recommend potential constitutional amendments.ResumeRadio Boston49:00Oct 18, 2018
Question 2 Wants Mass. Voters To Take A Stand Against Citizens United — If Only A Symbolic OneEight years after the Supreme Court's controversial decision, a ballot initiative in Massachusetts is asking voters to say on the record that they oppose the ruling.ResumeLocal Coverage03:48Oct 18, 2018
A 'Yes' On Question 3 Is A Vote For Public HealthWhen we can navigate public spaces without fear of attack, health can flourish, writes Sandro Galea. CognoscentiOct 17, 2018
Watch: Two Sides Of Transgender Protection Law Square Off In DebateShould Massachusetts keep the law allowing transgender people to use the public accommodations that correspond with their gender identity?ResumeRadio Boston49:02Oct 16, 2018