Under state law, referendums must propose or repeal laws and cannot be used to simply gauge public support for an Olympic bid.
A proposed constitutional amendment would create a two-tiered income tax system, with earnings over $1 million taxed at a higher rate.
Confident Aly Raisman is back on the beamThe Olympic gold medalist from Needham has her sights on next year?s Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Scott Eisen for The Boston Globe
?He was dealt with such force and intimidated in such a way he thought he was going to die,? said the father of one of the victims.
The 7-year-old child, weighing only 38 pounds, was brought to a hospital unconscious and with serious injuries.
Yvonne Abraham
The historic racetrack is dying a protracted death, but the property does not lack potential.
John Kasich joins popular path to GOP nod through N.H.As polls show Kasich at the bottom of a field of 16 GOP presidential candidates, he?s mapped his path to the nomination through the Granite State.
Betaboston
Getaway lets you try a tiny house on for sizeA new startup out of Harvard is taking the off-the-grid retreat and miniaturizing it with 160-square-foot cabins.
Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
Hiawatha Bray | Tech Lab
The domain is for websites that want to launch snarky, savage attacks on a target ? but some critics have labeled it a form of extortion.
Donald Trump?s financial disclosure forms put his worth in the billions, although how many billions is a moving target.
ASTROS 4, RED SOX 2
Joe Kelly allowed three home runs as the Red Sox lost for the seventh straight game.
CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER
The Red Sox general manager presented no tangible plan to fix the team when he spoke Wednesday.
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Alex Speier
Many Red Sox luminaries ? like Curt Schilling ? have impressive résumés, but it is uncertain if they are Hall worthy.
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As Maine meltdown shows, dining out with children is polarizingMany applauded the diner owner for yelling at a crying toddler to be quiet, while others couldn?t believe her reaction.
Diver missing near wreck of Andrea Doria off NantucketSeven people have died in the area over the past decade, the Coast Guard said, and four have been hurt.
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Jeb Bush dares to take on Mount WashingtonGranite Staters don?t love Jeb Bush?s latest talking point. They like their Mount Washington.
JOANNA WEISS
Can MTV fix race relations?If millennials are open to an earnest, surface-scratching effort to have a real discussion about race, that?s a good start.
Globe photographer Suzanne Kreiter traveled to Cuba this summer, 21 years after her first journey there.
Margery Eagan | On Spirituality
How US bishops can reconcile with gay marriageIf same-sex marriage was treated the same as remarriage after divorce, it would allow gay men and women to live, openly, as their true Catholic selves.
A blunder by US goalkeeper Brad Guzan led to one of two first-half goals for Jamaica.
The proposal to build a $650 million casino on the New Bedford waterfront is dead, the victim of a lack of financing, according to a letter.
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Some car colors do better than others when it comes to resale value.
The small pieces of the manuscript, written on sheep or goat skin, sat in a university?s library for about a century.
Jeb Bush criticized the federal Export-Import Bank and voiced support for Uber at an event in Manchester, N.H.
The only Massachusetts golf course to host a PGA Championship is on the auction block.
A music venue with a fervent following has taken root in the unlikeliest of places: Fall River.
Several teams from Goose Island Beer Co. are going around to key cities to offer their craft brews. They?re owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev, so they have deep pockets to do it.
Design New England
A home with open spaceA new floor plan for a renovated 1960s ranch-style house makes entertaining easy.
Brainiac
Capturing the short, furious lives of dragonfliesDragonflies get their close-up in a new book by a Yale astronomer.
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