Does self-funding give candidates a leg up in the competition, or risk alienating supporters and potential constituents? The post Massachusetts GOP gubernatorial candidates are bankrolling their own campaigns.

Several proposed ballot questions are of interest to Cape Codders, including housing initiatives and a conservation fund that would protect water.

A proposal to convert Massachusetts’s state primary elections to “all-party primaries” is inching closer to appearing on the November ballot.

If the Legislature chooses not to pass a proposed law by May 5, organizers can collect additional signatures to place the question on the ballot in November.

Massachusetts election officials have scheduled a hearing to investigate a complaint challenging the signature gathering process for a proposed ballot initiative to roll back the state’s marijuana law.

Results for the 2024 Massachusetts County Commissioner Barnstable general election. Find Massachusetts and national elections results at BostonGlobe.com.