LOWELL — The state Senate voted Monday to set a special election for the 1st Middlesex Senate District seat previously held by the late state Sen. Ed Kennedy for March 3, with primary elections one month earlier on Feb. 3.
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‘A source of inspiration’: Family, friends say goodbye to Joan Kennedy
“I admire my mother so much for the way that she faced up to her challenges with courage, grace, honesty and humility,” Ted Kennedy Jr. said in his eulogy.
Massachusetts Auditor DiZoglio to AG Campbell in audit fight: ‘Sue me’
Auditor Diana DiZoglio has suggested that if the voter-approved audit of the Legislature continues to run into roadblocks, AG Andrea Campbell should take her to court to help settle the year-long fight.
Ed Markey’s campaign fundraises off Seth Moulton’s mid-shutdown Senate primary challenge
It’s not the first time U.S. Sen. Ed Markey finds himself facing off against a younger Democrat in a primary race, and he wasted no time in appealing to his donors over the Senate aspirations of U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton.
Budget writers strip sheriff’s department funding from close-out spending plan
Following several high-profile problems at more than one of the state’s county sheriff’s offices, House and Senate’s budget writers say they will hold off on approving the departments’ request for hundreds of millions in funding pending an investigation into their finances.
Seth Moulton says he’s running against Ed Markey for Massachusetts Senate seat
‘I just don’t believe Sen. Markey should be running for another six-year term at 80 years old’
