Marty Lamb Files Candidacy For State Committee

GoLocalWorcester News Team

Mary Lamb has formally announced his candidacy for the Republican State Committee on Thursday. Republican State Committee members are elected in March during the presidential...

Post GOP Debate Fact Check

GoLocalWorcester Political Team & GraphIQ

During Tuesday night's GOP Debate, Candidates talked about the economy, Obamacare, and China, making several claims while doing so.

Horowitz: National Polling Misused to Eliminate Candidates from Tonight’s Debate

Rob Horowitz, GoLocalWorcester MINDSETTER™

People who are tuning in to tonight’s prime time debate expecting to see New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who is by all measures...

Finneran: The Nutty Professor

Tom Finneran, GoLocalWorcester MINDSETTER™

Just another day, just another tyrant here in the land beyond Oz. Our brute dictator of the hour comes from the academy. No great surprise...

ANALYSIS: Did Worcester Turn More Left of Right in the Election

GoLocalWorcester News Team and Kate Nagle, Brendan Murray

The 2015 Worcester Election is in the books, but the take away of the results are in dispute. The question is did Worcester move to a...

Election 2015:  Who Won - and Who Lost - in Worcester

GoLocal News Team

The results are in. Joe Petty prevailed as Mayor of Worcester with 52% of the vote, while down-ticket incumbents on the school committee -- Tracy Novick...

WORCESTER ELECTION REPORT: Petty Campaign HQ

GoLocalWorcester News Team and Brendan Murray

Members of Joe Petty's campaign team told GoLocal that the are expecting good things when the polls close later tonight. 

Horowitz: Trump’s Ugly Nativism Runs Counter to Most Americans’ Views

Rob Horowitz, GoLocalWorcester MINDSETTER™

A recent national poll from the highly regarded PEW Research Center, confirms that the ugly nativism Donald Trump is peddling while appealing to a substantial...

EDITORIAL: Worcester’s Election Choices

GoLocal Editorial

In the past year, residents of central MA have engaged with GoLocal’s content millions of times via social media, specifically Facebook and Twitter....

Finneran: The Varsity

Tom Finneran, GoLocalWorcester MINDSETTER™

In baseball terms he had a multi-homerun game. In football terms he controlled the line of scrimmage and scored three touchdowns. In basketball terms he...

Buzzword Battle: “Hillary Clinton” Finishes Second to “America” in Most Mentioned in GOP Debate

GoLocalWorcester and GRAPHIQ

In the battle of buzzwords during the GOP Presidential debate on Wednesday one thing is clear, the candidates love their buzzwords. While the debate was...

Profiling Speaker Paul Ryan

GoLocalWorcester Political Team and GraphIQ

Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan was elected the 62nd speaker of the House today after receiving 236 votes.

Congressman McGovern Approves of $133 Million in Energy Assistance

GoLocalWorcester News Team

Congressman Jim McGovern approved of the announcement that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will provide over $3 billion in funding for energy...

Donald Trump, Ben Carson Lead GOP Polls

GoLocalWorcester News Team and Graphiq

The Republican candidates for President squared off once again last night during their latest debate held in Boulder, Colorado. 

Police Union Endorse Gaffney, Is It Too Little Too Late?

Joe Petty's strongest challenger, Michael Gaffney, today received the endorsement of the Worcester Police Union, New England Police Benevolent Association Local 911.  In...

Giorgio: Worcester’s Changing Downtown

Paul Giorgio, GoLocalWorcester MINDSETTER™

It is finally happening. Downtown Worcester is throwing off the yoke of its failed urban renewal attempts of the 1960s, when our historic and architecturally...

Mayor Petty Says “Only 40 of City’s 345 Officers Participated in Vote”

GoLocalWorcester News Team

Mayor Joseph Petty has released a statement regarding the Worcester Police Patrolman's Union endorsing his opponent, Michael Gaffney.

NEW: Diehl Has Outraised Brady by Nearly 2 to 1 Margin

GoLocalWorcester News Team

State Representative and candidate for State Senate Geoff Diehl has outraised his opponent, Rep. Michael Brady, for the period of September 19 through October 16 by nearly...

Horowitz: It’s Essential to Make Contraception Readily Available

Rob Horowitz, GoLocalWorcester MINDSETTER™

Three-in-five non-marital births to women under 30 are not planned, according to a new policy brief jointly published by Brookings Institution and Princeton University.  The...

What Will Decide the Worcester Mayor’s Race

With the Worcester City Elections a week from tomorrow, GoLocal looks at the issues and politics that may decide the Mayor’s race. This...