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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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Abortions dropped by more than 11 percent in 2020 over the previous year, newly obtained figures show. NewBostonPost filed a public records request to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to see how many abortions took place in the Commonwealth in 2019 and 2020. While there were 18,593 abortions
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The Democratic mayor of Attleboro says he may run for higher office at some point. Paul Heroux, a former state representative, told WPRI that he was scheduled to travel to Washington D.C. at the end of this week to meet with organizations to talk about it.
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Can someone be multiple genders at the same time? That's what Planned Parenthood's chatbot Roo tells children.
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Should Massachusetts reinstate an indoor mask mandate? Fourteen members of the Massachusetts Legislature think so, including a pair of candidates for lieutenant governor: state Senator Adam Hinds (D-Pittsfield), and state representative Tami Gouveia (D-Acton).
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Should indoor mask mandates make a comeback in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts? Newton resident Emily Burns, a Republican who is running for the U.S. House seat in the Massachusetts Fourth Congressional District, doesn't think so.
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Trenee McGee will soon be a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. The Democrat from West Haven won a special election on Tuesday, December 14; she got 52.6 percent of the vote while Republican Richard DePalma got 43.3 percent
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Kari MacRae is trying to make the best of a less-than-ideal situation. The Republican from Bourne who serves on her town's school committee got fired from her teaching position at Hanover High School less than one month into the school year over a Tik Tok video in which
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A viral moment turned into a business opportunity for Keith Lambert. On October 2, NASCAR driver Brandon Brown spoke with NBC reporter Kelli Stavast for a post-race interview after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series. In the crowd, fans were chanting "F*** Joe Biden." However, the television reporter interviewing