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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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A new state law in Maine mandating that cable companies offer a-la-carte service has encountered a major setback in court. U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Torresen ruled Friday that the conglomerate of cable companies suing the state will likely prevail because the law appears to violate the company'
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Vermont U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders won a major endorsement by an organization claiming to represent more than 1 million progressives in early voting states. The Democratic Socialist and 2020 presidential candidate earned the backing of People's Action, a coalition of 40 progressive groups throughout the country, as
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When Massachusetts holds its presidential primary elections on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, two former Massachusetts governors will be the first names on the Republican and Democratic ballots, respectively, as MassLive.com reports. Secretary of the Commonwealth Bill Galvin publicly conducted a random drawing at the Massachusetts State House in Boston
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Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker is declining to take a side on the U.S. House of Representatives' impeaching President Donald Trump, the Associated Press reports. The Republican, who has said he did not vote for Trump or Democrat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, did not say where he
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The state Fisheries and Wildlife Board of Massachusetts has voted to prohibit hunting contests for "predators and furbearers." Such animals include, "coyote, bobcat, red fox, gray fox, weasels, mink, skunk, river otter, muskrat, beaver, fisher, raccoon and opossum," according to MassLive.
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As expected, Maine U.S. Senator Susan Collins will seek re-election in 2020, as Politico reports. The Republican is pursuing a fifth term.
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A couple pleaded guilty to voter fraud this week after voting in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire in the 2016 presidential election. John Fleming Jr. and his wife Grace Fleming voted in Hampton, New Hampshire via absentee ballots in addition to voting in-person in Belchertown, Massachusetts on November 8, 2016,
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Dates in March 2020 have been announced for a special election primary and general election to replace former Massachusetts Republican state Senator Vinny deMacedo. DeMacedo represented the Plymouth and Barnstable District covering six towns: Kingston, Pembroke, and Plymouth in Plymouth County; and Bourne, Falmouth, and Sandwich in Barnstable County. According