Menu
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.
News
The Maine Senate has approved a bill seeking to have the state join a compact aimed at replacing the Electoral College with the national popular vote total for selecting the president of the United States. The measure would increase the chances of Democrats to win the presidency, though it'
Around New England
The federal Department of Homeland Security should set aside "at least $3 billion" for local communities to provide shelter and related government services for foreign migrants, a Massachusetts member of Congress said. "There is a resounding need from cities and towns across the country for increased federal
Around New England
The annual St. Patrick's Day brunch in South Boston, once known for zingers and Irish songs from longtime Massachusetts Senate president William Bulger, is set to be headlined this coming weekend by U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and Governor Maura Healey. The host is state Senator Nick Collins
Around New England
U.S. Representative Jared Golden, a Democrat who has tried to navigate Maine's largely rural and conservative Second Congressional District, did not vote in his state's presidential primary this week. That means he didn't vote for President Joe Biden, a fellow Democrat and leader
Around New England
A sex education bill approved by the Massachusetts Senate last week "would encourage minors to engage in sexual behaviors which previous generations would have condemned, rightly, as depraved and obscene," the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts said. The bill, which the state Senate approved on a voice vote
News
President Joe Biden has picked two Massachusetts residents with an interest in climate change to serve on the federal panel that regulates interstate oil pipelines, interstate natural gas pipelines, and much of the nation's electricity grid. The nominations come at a time when climate activists are trying to
News
The Massachusetts Senate has passed a bill that would require school districts that teach sex education use a "comprehensive" curriculum approved by the state agency that oversees public primary and secondary education. As New Boston Post has reported in the past, sex education curriculums recommended by the state
Around New England
Students at an early education public school in Somerville speak 23 primary languages, the principal said. Students come from all 12 countries in South America, all seven countries in Central America, the Dominican Republic, Ukraine, Russia, Greece, Germany, Japan, and China.