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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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State Senator Adam Hinds (D-Pittsfield) won't be the next lieutenant governor of Massachusetts. He failed to receive support from at least 15 percent of the delegates at the Massachusetts Democratic Party convention in Worcester over the weekend; he got support from 12 percent of them.
Around New England
College enrollment has taken a big hit in Massachusetts over the past few years. In the spring 2019 semester, there were about 426,100 undergraduate students enrolled in colleges across the Commonwealth. However, there has been an 11 percent decrease in the number of undergraduate students enrolled at colleges in
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If you fill out a form to enroll your child in a new school in Massachusetts, you might not see a spot to put the contact information for the mother or father. That's because many of the public school districts across the Commonwealth have abandoned the terms "
Around New England
Should the United States federal government legalize marijuana? U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) thinks it should.
Around New England
Only three Democratic candidates will appear on the ballot for lieutenant governor of Massachusetts this September. That's because two of the five candidates running for the post were eliminated at the state Democratic Party convention over the weekend.
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A Drag Queen Story Hour event is set to take place at a preschool in town of Sudbury next week. The event is a part of the Family Pride Day that is taking place at the school from 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 11.
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U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Hyde Park) wants the federal government to enact gun control. Pressley expressed support for the following gun policies in a recent interview with Boston Public Radio: universal background checks, raising the federal age to buy a gun from 18 to 21, red-flag laws, and an
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President Joe Biden isn't popular in New Hampshire. The incumbent Democratic president has a net-negative approval rating in the Granite State.