Brendan Phair, a para-professional educator in the special education department at Taconic High School, has long contemplated running for state office. He felt the moment came in December 2020 when
Western Massachusetts State Senator Adam Hinds failed to make the primary ballot for lieutenant governor at the state Democratic convention last weekend. Now, Hinds will be wrapping up three terms representing the state’s largest geographic Senate district on Beacon Hill.
A strong democracy is built upon its elections, in terms of both integrity and competitiveness. That integrity is under assault nationally by Trump cultists, and while the Berkshires have remained
A self-described “America-first” Republican will challenge Democratic state Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier for Pittsfield’s seat in the Massachusetts House.