"The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic" — so begins the preamble to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of ...

It was in June, way back in 1780, that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts officially ratified its state constitution. The document took John Adams—yes that John Adams—about a month to write, and has ...

The Massachusetts State House. State Rep. Mindy Domb is looking to replace the word “he” with “they” in the state’s constitution to promote gender inclusivity. BRIAN SONG/DFP FILE Massachusetts State ...

THE HOUSE AND SENATE: In keeping with tradition, there were no formal sessions of the House and Senate last week, which was April vacation week for Bay State students. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call ...

Why did Founding Father John Adams call for our state government to support Harvard University and the arts? The answer, taken from the Massachusetts Constitution, is in the speech below that I gave ...

Notes: In this essay, James Kences documents York’s participation in the creation of the 1780 Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. York rejected the first Massachusetts constitution in ...

AND BILL CLINTON WILL ALSO ATTEND TODAY’S SERVICE. IN COMMITMENT 2024. THIS MORNING, AN EXCLUSIVE NEW POLL SHOWS MASSACHUSETTS VOTERS HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT PROTECTING ABORTION RIGHTS HERE IN THE ...

The Massachusetts Constitution, adopted in 1780, is the oldest still-governing written constitution in the world. It was the model for the U.S. Constitution, which was drafted seven years later. It ...

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has issued a new decision interpreting the Massachusetts constitution to require a search warrant for access to a two-week span of historical cell-site ...