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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 Healey administration wants to update the Massachusetts health framework guidelines, including sex education — and it wants the public's input. The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education unanimously approved a framework for health and physical education in the state's public schools on Tuesday, June 27,
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Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney is no fan of affirmative action. The Republican U.S. senator from Utah voiced his support for the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to ban racial preference in college admissions; he also slammed President Joe Biden for claiming the Supreme Court is not
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A federal court in Boston sentenced a Honduran man on Wednesday, June 28 for repeated illegal reentry. U.S. District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs sentenced Blas Antonio Celaya-Padilla, 41, who lives in Chelsea, to 45 months in prison, the office of Acting United States Attorney for the District of
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A construction worker who hung a Confederate flag at a Massachusetts Department of Transportation highway construction site in Fitchburg will not be fired but will undergo diversity training. The construction worker found the flag left on the side of the road and thought there would be no problem if he
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Harvard — and any other college in the United States — cannot give racial preferences in college admissions, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday morning. The court ruled 6-2 and 6-3 in a pair of affirmative action cases — Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v.
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If the presidential election in New Hampshire were held today, the incumbent would have the edge, according to the latest poll. President Joe Biden leads former President Donald Trump 49 percent to 40 percent in a hypothetical head-to-head poll recently released by Saint Anselm College Survey Center. Meanwhile, the result
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Massachusetts is the only state in America where no form of consumer fireworks are legal. A bill (H.3634) on Beacon Hill would amend the state's firework ban — by increasing the penalty and making it a crime to use fireworks in high-density areas.
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Illegal immigrants will be eligible to obtain driver's licenses in Massachusetts next week. Starting Saturday, July 1, 2023, the Work and Family Mobility Act, which became law last year, will make this change in license eligibility. Then-Governor Charlie Baker vetoed the proposal, but the veto was overridden by