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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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Framingham's left-leaning mayor is so far refusing to endorse either Ed Markey or Joseph P. Kennedy III in the Massachusetts U.S. Senate Democratic primary. Yvonne Spicer, who has endorsed the ROE Act abortion expansion bill, made raising the rainbow flag at city hall a priority, and has
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Local government regulations controlling what can be built in a flood zone may lead to the demolition of the oldest house in Chatham. The rambling farmhouse, the oldest part of which dates to 1698, has a beehive oven and a view of Pleasant Bay and Strong Island in North Chatham.
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The minimum wage could increase for Vermonters in the next couple of years. On Thursday, January 30, its state Senate approved a measure (Vermont Senate Bill 23) that would raise the minimum wage to $12.55 an hour, as NBC 5 Burlington reports. The minimum wage in Vermont is currently
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Former Massachusetts governor and current Democratic presidential candidate Deval Patrick has introduced a new climate plan calling for the United States to become carbon-neutral by 2040. A longshot candidate, Patrick released his "Addressing the Climate Crisis" plan Friday, January 31.
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In March, Vermont's public transit system will begin using electric-powered transit buses, the Associated Press reports. Green Mountain Transit will roll out two electric buses in February. The point of them is to reduce carbon emissions and to reduce noise pollution on rides in Burlington.
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Ed Markey landed an endorsement from a well-known former governor of Massachusetts in his U.S. Senate re-election bid. The Ed Markey for Senate YouTube channel uploaded a video of former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis and his wife Kitty on Tuesday, January 28 announcing their support for the Massachusetts Democrat
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Connecticut's Department of Motor Vehicles has begun offering non-binary-gender driver's licenses. As of Monday, January 27, Now, the state's residents have three license options: male, female, and non-binary. The non-binary option will be represented by the letter X, according to NBC 4 New York.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign is not counting on a win in the New Hampshire Democratic primary, Politico reports. Instead, Biden's focus is on two other early voting states: Iowa and Nevada. That is because in New Hampshire he is facing three candidates from states