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Healey opposes Question 5, worries about restaurants closing and servers losing jobs
This article cites data from cSPA's analysis of Massachusetts Ballot Question 5, which would raise the minimum wage for tipped employees in the state.
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The next generation of leaders has hope for the country’s future
Kelly Siegel-Stechler of CIRCLE says the center’s research indicates many young people “are concerned that the country is headed in the wrong direction” but are “really invested in and show up and care about particular issues that matter to them.”
Forbes
MTV Is Working To Close The Community College Voting Gap
This article cites data from NSLVE that showed the national voting rate of community college students was nearly ten percentage points lower than that of four-year college students in 2020.
The Boston Globe
$7.7m vs. $1.2m: On the MCAS ballot measure, business-backed opponents are getting outspent — and out-campaigned
Evan Horowitz, director of cSPA, weighs in on the lackluster campaign against Massachusetts Ballot Question 2 on whether to drop the state’s MCAS requirement for graduation.
USA Today
The movement to legalize psychedelics comes with high hopes, and even higher costs
Evan Horowitz, director of cSPA, says that if Massachusetts Ballot Question 4, which asks voters to legalize select psychedelics for mental health treatment, passes it would likely only generate enough revenue to “cover the operations of the industry, the regulatory scheme, and more or less, nothing else.”
Hartford Courant
Young people in CT are worried about climate change. Will it influence how they vote?
Sara Suzuki of CIRCLE discusses issues that are consistently important to young voters, noting they are very good at “seeing issues as a constellation of related matters.”
The Guardian
Gen Z and Kamala Harris: is the meet-cute enough to bring her to the White House?
This article cites data from CIRCLE that showed the importance of the youth vote to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.
Spectrum News 1