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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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State legislators unhappy with the amount of information the Massachusetts Department of Public Health is providing about coronavirus cases and deaths at individual long-term care facilities are supporting a bill that would require the information to be made public. Massachusetts Senate Bill 2708 would require the state's public
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U.S. Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III hosted an online forum featuring three obstetrician-gynecologists who perform abortions as part of his campaign for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts this week. Kennedy leads U.S. Senator Ed Markey in recent polls but trails in endorsements from prominent Democratic interests, including from
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United Cape Patriots is sponsoring a standout and march to a waterside park in Hyannis this weekend to support re-opening the Cape's economy and public life. The standout, which typically features American flags, Trump flags, and signs, is scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday, May 24 at the
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Supporters of allowing illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses in Massachusetts are reframing the proposal as a public health priority because of the coronavirus emergency. U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Dorchester) and Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan are attempting to pressure state legislators to pass a bill that
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Coronavirus has not been much of a problem on Nantucket as of late, according to The Inquirer and Mirror. On Monday, May 18, Nantucket Cottage Hospital reported that for the 15th straight day, the island had no new cases of coronavirus.
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Starting Wednesday, May 20, the state of Connecticut is in its first reopening phase — with many restrictions in place. According to the Hartford Courant, Connecticut is among the last states in the country to make a step in the reopening direction.
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Republicans lost two Massachusetts Senate races Tuesday that had previously been held by the GOP, dropping the party's number of seats to four out of 40. In the Plymouth & Barnstable District, Bourne lawyer Jay McMahon, the Republican nominee, lost to Falmouth selectman Susan Moran, the Democrat, 55
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At a time when the state's unemployment rate is 25 percent, some Democrats in the Massachusetts Legislature think May 18 is too early to start reopening the state amid the coronavirus pandemic. As MassLive reports, about a dozen of them signed a letter urging Baker to extend the