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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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Elizabeth Warren went after fellow Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg for his wealth, history with women, law enforcement policies – and his height. "I want to talk specifically for just a minute at the top about a threat that is coming our way. And it's a big threat
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Bernie Sanders rolled up a big victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday. With a little more than half the precincts reporting late Saturday, February 22, Sanders had more than 46 percent of the votes and a big lead in delegate equivalents.
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New Hampshire Democratic Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan recently slammed the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act and the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The born-alive bill would require doctors to provide the same level of care to a child born in a failed abortion attempt as they would
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The Democratic primary in the Massachusetts U.S. Senate race is highly competitive, according to one recent survey. A poll released by the University of Massachusetts Lowell revealed U.S. Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III holds a slim lead, within the margin of error, when it comes to Democratic primary
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In Maine, there soon could be a third gender option for children when they are born. According to Bangor Daily News, the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is considering making a change to its birth certificates that would allow parents to mark their child as non-binary — meaning neither
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Massachusetts is going to be a competitive state in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, according to one recently released poll. A poll conducted by YouGov for the University of Massachusetts Lowell Center for Public Opinion shows both Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren in a tight race
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Former Maine Governor Paul LePage plans to run for governor once again in the state in 2022. LePage confirmed it in an interview on Thursday, February 20, according to Newssource 8.
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Jay McMahon, a Republican candidate for Massachusetts Senate, is offering a reward to help police catch vandals who defaced Plymouth Rock and other monuments in town this past weekend. McMahon, who lives in Bourne, is running for the vacant Plymouth & Barnstable District of the state Senate, which includes the