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Matt McDonald, a Boston-area native, has decades of experience as a reporter, editor, and copy editor. His work has appeared in The Mashpee Messenger, Cape Cod News, and The Norfolk Boomerang.
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Jay McMahon of Bourne won the Republican primary for the vacant Plymouth & Barnstable District of the Massachusetts Senate on Tuesday. McMahon, a lawyer who ran for Attorney General in 2018 against Maura Healey, defeated Jesse Brown of Plymouth, 56 to 44 percent, according to The Cape Cod Times.
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Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld could not trump President Donald Trump's popularity among Republicans in the Bay State on Super Tuesday. The incumbent president trounced his primary opponent. As Politico reports, with 99 percent of votes counted, Trump had earned 87.7 percent of the vote compared to
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The polls beforehand indicated otherwise, but former Vice President Joe Biden ended up winning Maine on Super Tuesday. The Democratic presidential candidate had 34.1 percent of the vote with 98 percent of votes reported. Shortly behind him was Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders with 32.9 percent, as Politico reports.
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A recent poll shows President Donald Trump has a commanding lead in the Massachusetts Republican presidential primary among likely voters. According to a poll released by WBUR late last month, Trump leads former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld 83 percent to 14 percent. The poll has a 5.1 percent margin
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Will Maine U.S. Senator Susan Collins support President Donald Trump's re-election bid? She's not saying.
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In the two northern New England states that vote on Super Tuesday, Bernie Sanders has the edge, according to recent polls. Three New England states vote on Super Tuesday, which is Tuesday, March 3: Massachusetts, Maine, and Vermont.
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More than 600 people in Massachusetts are being monitored in Massachusetts for potential symptoms of coronavirus. According to CBS Boston, 608 people have been self-quarantined as of Thursday, February 27, meaning they stay in their home. Among those, 377 have finished being monitored and have been released, showing no symptoms.
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A federal court has ruled that President Donald Trump's administration is allowed to withhold law enforcement grant money to jurisdictions in seven states that are refusing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, including three New England states. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan on