BOSTON (AP) — In a story April 15 about former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, The Associated Press reported erroneously that former Sen. Jesse Helms represented South Carolina. He represented...

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker has described himself as a big fan of former Gov. William Weld, while making no secret that he isn't much of a fan of President Donald Trump.

BOSTON (AP) — Republican Gov. Charlie Baker isn't ready to throw his support behind the likely presidential bid of his predecessor and one-time boss.

Several Democratic presidential candidates are spending the long holiday weekend on the campaign trail, while a Republican has announced he's creating an exploratory committee for a possible 2020 run.

Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Kamala Harris of California are visiting early voting states on Friday that will be critical to securing the Democratic nomination next year.

BEDFORD, N.H. (AP) — Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, little-known on the national stage but well-respected among veterans in the GOP establishment, announced an exploratory committee for president on Friday, becoming the first Republican to move toward a serious primary challenge against President Donald Trump.

BOSTON (AP) — Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld is expected to discuss his status as a possible candidate for president this week.

On Friday, Weld will be the featured speaker at a "Politics & Eggs" event in Bedford, New Hampshire.

Weld has indicated he may discuss his potential political plans during the Friday morning visit.

BOSTON (AP) — Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld has changed his party registration from Libertarian back to Republican as he mulls a possible primary challenge against President Donald Trump.

Weld served as a Republican governor from 1991 until 1997. He later became a Libertarian and ran for vice president on a ticket with former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson in the 2016 election.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Former U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday he has had a change of heart on marijuana and will promote its nationwide legalization as a way to help veterans and the nation's deadly opioid crisis.

BOSTON (AP) — Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the state's winner-take-all system for presidential elections.

MassLive.com reports the lawsuit was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Boston as part of a nationwide effort to change how the United States chooses its president.

Similar lawsuits have been filed in California, Texas and South Carolina.

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker has re-established a task force charged with advising him on the best ways to deter and prevent hate crimes in Massachusetts and support victims.

The Republican governor said Monday that his administration "is committed to making Massachusetts a safe and welcoming place with zero-tolerance for hate or violence."

BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker has nominated associate appeals court justice Mark Green to serve as the chief justice of the state's second-highest court.

If confirmed by the Governor's Council, Green would replace Scott Kafker, the former chief justice of the appeals court who was elevated by Baker to the Supreme Judicial Court earlier this year.

BOSTON (AP) — Charlie Baker's relationship with GOP leaders in Washington just keeps getting stickier.

Republican attempts to repeal former President Barack Obama's health care law have become something of a recurring nightmare for the Republican Massachusetts governor, who pushed back against earlier efforts, all of which failed.

BOSTON (AP) — Republican Gov. Charlie Baker and Democratic legislative leaders meet regularly and often boast of their bipartisan cooperation even when they disagree significantly over policy.

On Sunday, the so-called "big three" on Beacon Hill — the governor, House Speaker Robert DeLeo and Senate President Stan Rosenberg — will share tips about working together across party lines during a meeting of lawmakers from around the country.

BOSTON (AP) — With Beacon Hill's focus zeroing in on the economy and taxes, Gov. Charlie Baker should be in his element.

During the 2014 election, Baker pitched himself as a careful steward of the state's purse strings — a fiscally cautious, socially moderate New England Republican out of the mold of his onetime boss, former Gov. William Weld.

BOSTON (AP) — Libertarian Vice Presidential Candidate William Weld is planning an election eve rally in Boston's historic Faneuil Hall.

Monday's event is slated to begin at 7 p.m.

The former Republican Massachusetts governor has stumped with Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson, but in recent weeks has also turned his attention to defeating Donald Trump.

BOSTON (AP) — Libertarian vice presidential candidate William Weld is urging voters torn between major-party presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump to reject Trump.

Weld offered a blistering critique of Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, saying that while he has demonstrated charisma and panache he also has shown an inability to handle criticism, conjured up enemies and stirred up envy, resentment and group hatred, demonstrating "the worst of American politics."

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — The Libertarian Party's vice presidential candidate William Weld is coming to Bangor to hold a town hall meeting with residents.

Weld, a former governor of Massachusetts, will appear at Spectacular Events Center from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday night. He is running with former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson on the Libertarian ticket this year.

Johnson and Weld also made a campaign appearance in Maine in late August. The two made stops in Portland and Lewiston.

BOSTON (AP) — Libertarian vice presidential candidate William Weld says he plans to focus exclusively on denying Republican Donald Trump the presidency with the hope of helping rebuild the GOP after November.

The former Republican governor of Massachusetts told The Boston Globe (http://bit.ly/2dZGumS ) Tuesday he still supports Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson, but his top priority is defeating Trump. Weld has called Trump a "huckster."

WASHINGTON (AP) — Call it a brain freeze or another "Aleppo moment," but Gary Johnson has stumbled again in his quixotic presidential campaign.

The third-party candidate, in a television appearance Wednesday, was unable to produce the name of a single foreign leader he respected. Prodded to come up with something, he finally settled on a former president of Mexico — but couldn't recall his name.

Excerpts of recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Ohio newspapers:

The Columbus Dispatch, Sept. 9

Given that a majority of Americans dislike the two major-party candidates for president, the Commission on Presidential Debates should open up the first presidential debate to one or more third-party candidates.

NEW YORK (AP) — A new campaign book is coming out at the end of September, from Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson and his running mate, former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, are campaigning in Maine.

Johnson aims to gain enough traction to appear in the presidential debates alongside Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton this fall.

The pair are looking for support from voters who're unhappy with the major party candidates.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson is set to hold a rally in the state that launched his political career.

The former New Mexico governor is scheduled Thursday to hold a rally at the Albuquerque Convention Center.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump held a similar campaign event at the same location in May. That rally turned violent and caused thousands of dollars of damage.

BOSTON (AP) — Libertarian vice presidential nominee William Weld says he's seen interest and fundraising pick up as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign has struggled recently.

Weld said he's spoken with a handful of Republican members of Congress who are considering reassessing their endorsements for the fall election.

"The ice is cracking a little bit," he said Monday.

Weld is running with Libertarian Party presidential nominee and...

The following editorial appeared in Wednesday’s Chicago Tribune.

Last summer, when Donald Trump visited with the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board at the start of his campaign, we had no idea — nada, none, zippo — we were hosting the future Republican nominee for president. It’s been a surprising political cycle, to say the least.

With that in mind, the board met Tuesday with the Libertarian Party candidate for president, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson,...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts delegates to the Republican National Convention are navigating choppy political waters as they trek to Cleveland to select Donald Trump as the GOP's presidential nominee.

Their party's figurehead back home — Gov. Charlie Baker — is not only skipping the convention, he's the only Republican governor in the country to publicly reject even voting for Trump.

Mitt Romney — the state's previous Republican governor and the party's 2012...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Libertarian Party of Maine says it officially has enough signatures to become an official political party and have its presidential and vice presidential candidates appear on the November ballot.

Party chairman Chris Lyons, of Brunswick, said that on Tuesday afternoon, a deputy secretary of state informed him that the party has "comfortably exceeded" the 487 signatures it needed to gather since late May to reach a 5,000-signature...