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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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Former Congressman Bruce Poliquin won his party's nomination for the U.S. House seat in Maine's Second Congressional District on Tuesday. Poliquin, who served from 2015 to 2019, defeated fellow Republican Liz Caruso, a Caratunk selectman, in the primary 61 percent to 39 percent, according to
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If you look at the recommended summer reading list for incoming kindergarteners in the Ayer-Shirley Region School District, you'll see Our Skin — A First Conversation about Race. The book tells children that white people are responsible for racism and that "racism is baked into the culture of
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U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Cambridge) wants to expand the federal Supreme Court so the Democratic Party can re-gain a majority of justices. "Mitch McConnell packed the Supreme Court to advance an extreme agenda," Warren recently tweeted. "If we want to rebalance this institution and defend our
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Last year was a good year for maple syrup production in Vermont. In fact, 2021 was the best year on record.
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If states ban abortion, what should be the enforcement mechanism? Should the woman who decides to have an abortion – be it a surgical abortion or a chemical abortion – face a legal penalty?
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By Jon Styf The Center Square
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The Vermont Attorney General plans to step down from his job in state government to take a job with an online gaming platform. Democrat T.J. Donovan, first elected in 2016, not only isn't running for re-election this year, but he won't finish out his term.
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Gas is more than $5 per gallon across the country. So what are gas station owners doing about it?