Politics & Government

Fox News Fires Back|What's on the Massachusetts 2016 Ballot?|Opioid Overdoses on the Rise: Beacon Hill's Most-Read

Here's what Massachusetts was clicking on in the last week of August. Consider it your Labor Day weekend political reading list.

Fox News Refutes Andrea Tantaros' Scott Brown Allegations

The media company, in a court filing Monday, called its former program host "an opportunist... not a victim."

Here Are the Massachusetts Ballot Questions for November 2016

Legal marijuana, a second slots parlor, charter schools and chickens. Here are the questions and who's backing them.

Mass. Opioid-Related Overdoses Continue Deadly Climb in 2016

One of this week's most-read stories was about MassDOT's commemoration of National Overdose Awareness day by lighting the Zakim Bridge in purple. In that story, we linked to this previous coverage of opioid overdoses so far this year, and readers clearly wanted to know more.

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