Politics How gerrymandered is Massachusetts? The short answer? It's better than it used to be. "The Gerry-Mander" first appeared in a cartoon map in the Boston Gazette in 1812.

The fast-moving fight has upended what’s typically a staid redistricting exercise, in which the Legislature, using the latest census data, reworks Massachusetts’ political map.

The Massachusetts State House, where lawmakers are set to soon redraw the state's political maps. Advocates on Tuesday released a proposal they said would ensure more voters have a voice in who ...

The Massachusetts political map did not always look like this. Throughout the 1970s and '80s, electoral maps looked more like a quilt of red and blue patches.

Massachusetts lawmakers condemn political shootings in Minnesota as "horrific" By WBZ-News Staff Updated on: June 14, 2025 / 6:47 PM EDT / CBS Boston ...

Massachusetts lawmakers say political violence is “all too common” WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local ...

Berkshire County is in line to lose a Massachusetts statehouse seat, according to proposed new district maps released Tuesday. The draft plan is already having ripple effects in Western ...

BOSTON (AP) — State lawmakers released a proposed new map of Massachusetts congressional districts Monday. The map avoids any large-scale dramatic shifts in district lines, in large part because ...

One point of contention came in the state’s 4th Congressional District, currently held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss. Redistricting advocates criticized the map for failing to combine ...

Thursday's primaries were the first under a new Massachusetts political map which reflects the loss of one of the state's 10 seats in the U.S. House due to population shifts.

University of Massachusetts political science professor Ray La Rajas and U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, discuss the process of Congressional redistricting and what the loss of a House seat ...