This article was updated on Oct. 21 to reflect new information about the ballot question. See our full coverage of the 2018 Massachusetts ballot questions. Download WGBH News' one-page voter guide on ...

Editor's note: I've never had as many people ask me how to vote as I have in the recent run-up to Question 1, the state ballot measure on nursing ratios. That surely goes at least tenfold for nursing ...

A Massachusetts ballot question that would have established mandatory nurse-patient ratios in hospitals was defeated Tuesday, in a victory for healthcare industry leaders who had issued dire ...