HeyJaredGintautas Dumcius
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 19
- Latest publication
- Sep 30, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for WBUR
- Top 500K sites
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 10, 2026
Latest articles
Question 5: The debate over tax rebates and an obscure state law (opens the original)
Read excerpt
This year’s Question 5 asks voters whether to update a law that allows taxpayers to get money back from the state. Back in 1986, Massachusetts voters passed another ballot measure to create the law, known as Chapter 62F, which capped how much tax revenue the state can collect in a fiscal year. And it requires that the state give taxpayers rebates if tax collections exceed a threshold based on a complicated formula tied to wage and salary growth. The law was triggered once in 1987, but then faded
Question 1: Mass. initiative would put governor and lawmakers under state public records law (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Two years ago, voters approved of a ballot measure giving Auditor Diana DiZoglio the power to audit state lawmakers. Despite the overwhelming “yes” on Question 1 vote — 72% as DiZoglio often notes — there is still an ongoing fight on Beacon Hill over the audit. Now, a different Question 1 is on the ballot, with similar goals of bringing more transparency to the State House. DiZoglio is spearheading this one, too. But, if passed, it could have a much more significant impact. This year’s Question
How a proposal to offer nurse visits to new parents in Mass. spiraled online (opens the original)
Read excerpt
When Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said there should be more talk about maternal health in the aftermath of the Lindsay Clancy trial, the conversation that followed on social media was probably not what she had in mind.
Mass. voters, the state is mailing you its red book. It’s huge this year (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's politics newsletter, Mass. Politics. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. Welcome back to Mass. Politics, where we wax nostalgic about years when there were just a handful of ballot questions. In this edition: Bill Galvin, the Mass. Municipal Association and so much paper. What’s one place – aside from WBUR, of course – to get a sense of what my November ballot will look like? Now hitting the mailboxes of every Massachus
Brownsberger hangs on in state senate recount after challenge from Lander, a Wu-backed candidate (opens the original)
Read excerpt
State Sen. William Brownsberger preserved his lead over former Boston City Hall aide Daniel Lander in a Democratic primary recount across four cities and towns that ended Thursday. Brownsberger won the election by 35 votes out more than 24,000 cast, virtually unchanged from his 34-vote lead before the recount. Both candidates requested the recount. Brownsberger is a member of Senate President Karen Spilka’s leadership team and has held his seat since 2012. He faced his toughest challenger in Lan
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
Top 500K sites
For WBUR, the outlet · Measured Aug 1, 2026
Website popularity band, not a count of readers or article views.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.