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, 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, 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, 2018AdvertisementWBUR 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, 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, 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, 2018Question 3 Seeks To Repeal Transgender Public Accommodations LawA "yes" vote keeps the transgender public accommodations law on the books. A "no" vote repeals it.ResumeLocal Coverage04:26Oct 16, 2018Nurses Are Split On Staffing Ratio Ballot Question, WBUR Poll FindsAmong registered nurses in Massachusetts, 48 percent support Question 1, and 45 percent oppose it.ResumeLocal Coverage06:34Oct 15, 2018Baker Against Ballot Question To Boost Nursing StaffingGov. Charlie Baker said he will vote no on Question 1, which would change the ratio of nurses to patients in hospitals.Local CoverageOct 11, 2018Nurses Ballot Initiative Could Cost Over $900 Million A Year, State Panel EstimatesProponents of the ballot measure -- Question 1 -- called the Health Policy Commission's estimate a "guess."ResumeLocal Coverage02:13Oct 3, 2018Backers Of Nurse Staffing Proposal Object To Agency's StudyA report from an independent state agency on the potential costs of a November ballot question on nurse staffing levels is generating controversy.Local CoverageSep 29, 2018Sen. Warren Endorses Ballot Initiative On Patient-To-Nurse RatiosThe measure is opposed by Massachusetts hospitals. Nurses unions are split on the initiative.Local CoverageSep 25, 2018Ballot Q On Transgender Protections Law May Be Confusing. But Voters Seem To Get ItIn most ballot questions, voting 'yes' means making a change to some kind to state law, while voting 'no' means preserving the status quo. Question 3 is the reverse. A...ResumeLocal Coverage02:20Sep 25, 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
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
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
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
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
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
Question 3 Seeks To Repeal Transgender Public Accommodations LawA "yes" vote keeps the transgender public accommodations law on the books. A "no" vote repeals it.ResumeLocal Coverage04:26Oct 16, 2018
Nurses Are Split On Staffing Ratio Ballot Question, WBUR Poll FindsAmong registered nurses in Massachusetts, 48 percent support Question 1, and 45 percent oppose it.ResumeLocal Coverage06:34Oct 15, 2018
Baker Against Ballot Question To Boost Nursing StaffingGov. Charlie Baker said he will vote no on Question 1, which would change the ratio of nurses to patients in hospitals.Local CoverageOct 11, 2018
Nurses Ballot Initiative Could Cost Over $900 Million A Year, State Panel EstimatesProponents of the ballot measure -- Question 1 -- called the Health Policy Commission's estimate a "guess."ResumeLocal Coverage02:13Oct 3, 2018
Backers Of Nurse Staffing Proposal Object To Agency's StudyA report from an independent state agency on the potential costs of a November ballot question on nurse staffing levels is generating controversy.Local CoverageSep 29, 2018
Sen. Warren Endorses Ballot Initiative On Patient-To-Nurse RatiosThe measure is opposed by Massachusetts hospitals. Nurses unions are split on the initiative.Local CoverageSep 25, 2018
Ballot Q On Transgender Protections Law May Be Confusing. But Voters Seem To Get ItIn most ballot questions, voting 'yes' means making a change to some kind to state law, while voting 'no' means preserving the status quo. Question 3 is the reverse. A...ResumeLocal Coverage02:20Sep 25, 2018