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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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Former Republican U.S. Senator Gordon Humphrey is among the 100 independent New Hampshire voters who publicly endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden in his 2020 presidential campaign, as Patch reports. As WMUR reports, Humphrey was both a fiscal and social conservative during his two terms as a U.S.
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Lincoln Chafee is running for president of the United States as a Libertarian. Chafee, 66, who served as a Republican U.S. senator from Rhode Island, then became an independent, then became the Democratic governor of Rhode Island, has found his fourth political home.
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The Roman Catholic bishop of Springfield disinvited a chorus of homosexual men from a pre-Christmas concert at a church in the diocese scheduled for last month. The group, called the Pioneer Valley Gay Men's Chorus, was scheduled to perform at St. Theresa of Lisieux Parish in South Hadley,
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A group of left-wing Vermont lawmakers want to decriminalize prostitution in the state, according to a new bill proposed in the state's House of Representatives. The recently proposed Vermont House Bill 0569 is four pages long and, according to VT Digger, it would, "decriminalize the sale of
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Since 2013, the Maine Turnpike Authority is owed more than $824,000 in unpaid tolls, more than $600,000 of which is from out-of-state vehicles. It's a fraction of the $140 million annually the state collects in tolls. However, the state could be missing more revenue than that
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Marianne Williamson has gotten rid of all presidential campaign staff, both nationally and in New Hampshire. The Democrat, who has never held elected office, laid off all paid campaign workers earlier this week, as WMUR-TV Channel 9 in Manchester, New Hampshire reported on Thursday evening, January 2.
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Revenue for the two casinos in Connecticut decreased this past fiscal year. Mohegan Sun earned $992 million in revenue, about a 7 percent dip from the $1.1 billion it took in the prior fiscal year. Additionally, Foxwood Resort Casino had a net revenue of $787.8 million, about a
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The ranking Republican on a legislative committee that studies transportation bills in Massachusetts says he doesn't support a carbon-emissions fee proposed by the state's Republican governor, Charlie Baker. The Transportation Climate Initiative includes 12 states between Virginia and Maine considering whether to assess a fee to