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Editor’s note: For details on the Massachusetts ballot questions, see Ballotpedia.org. To the editor: Vote “yes” on question 4 and give all workers the right to earned sick time. Currently, one million workers in Massachusetts cannot earn sick time. Earned sick time improves employee retention and productivity. Employees who work for employers having 11 or more employees could earn…

Editor’s note: For details on the Massachusetts ballot questions, see Ballotpedia.org. To the editor: Voting “no” on Question 1 keeps the gas tax indexed to inflation as adopted by the State Legislature. Fifty-three percent of Massachusetts bridges alone are now structurally deficient or functionally obsolete, making Massachusetts second worst among the 50 states. Twenty-seven bridges have been…

To the editor: Massachusetts is fortunate in having an array of smart, hardworking citizens who are willing to run for public office. This is certainly the case for the upcoming November 4 midterm election. Struggling through the complexities of campaign speeches and analysis, I find it sometimes difficult to sort out fact from fiction, well…

Editor’s note: For details on the Massachusetts ballot questions, see Ballotpedia.org. To the editor: Vote “yes” on ballot Question 3 expanding prohibitions on gaming. By creating a dependency on casino revenue, states become stakeholders in the gambling industry itself, obligated by necessity and self-interest to ensure and maintain casino profits. But casinos are failing. Nine…

Editor’s note: For details on the Massachusetts ballot questions, see Ballotpedia.org. To the editor: Voting “yes” on the Question 2 (the beverage container deposit law or “bottle bill”) will expand coverage of the current deposit law to include water, juice, sports drinks and other non-carbonated drink containers. We recycle 80 percent of containers with deposits,…