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Tom Joyce is a seasoned journalist and political commentator with a rich background in covering politics, sports, and pop culture. Since 2019, Tom has been a prominent contributor to NewBostonPost.
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The Massachusetts fiscal year 2024 budget is late, and Senate President Karen Spilka (D-Ashland) is defending its lateness. The new fiscal year began on July 1, 2023. Yet, as of the morning of Tuesday, August 8, 2023, the state still did not have a fiscal year 2024 budget signed into
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No to gambling on American elections, the two U.S. senators from Massachusetts say. U.S. senators Ed Markey (D-Malden) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Cambridge) teamed up with several of their Democratic colleagues to voice opposition to a proposal that could allow for legal gambling on American elections.
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Not on time, over budget, and replete with pork. That is the best way to describe the fiscal year 2024 Massachusetts state budget.
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Will Massachusetts have any competitive U.S. House races next year? The Cook Politico Report said no in its latest report.
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The New England Patriots are set to play their first preseason game of the 2023 season this week. The Patriots is scheduled to host the Houston Texans at 7 p.m. Thursday, August 10 to kick off preseason play. It is the team's only home preseason game of
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Former New Mission School principal Naia Wilson has agreed top plead guilty to one count of wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud Boston Public Schools of approximately $38,806, prosecutors say. The 60-year-old used the money for her own personal benefit, according to a press release dated
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Cape and Islands District Attorney Robert Galibois is not happy with Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis. Galibois wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice earlier this week asking it to investigate DeSantis's migrant flights to Martha's Vineyard last September.
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Former President Donald Trump plans to return to the Granite State next week. The 45th president is scheduled to give a speech at Windham High School on Tuesday afternoon, August 8, according to WMUR. No further details about the speech were available at the time this article was published.