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Kim Janey Changes Columbus Day’s Name In Boston
Columbus Day is no longer a thing in Boston, at least officially. It's now Indigenous Peoples Day.
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Charlie Baker Weighs In On Geoff Diehl’s Trump Endorsement
Former President Donald Trump endorsed former state representative Geoff Diehl (R-Whitman) for governor of Massachusetts. Is incumbent governor Charlie Baker worried about it?
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How Ayanna Pressley Gets Corporate PAC Money Without Taking It
When U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Dorchester) first ran for Congress in 2018, she made a promise. And she's kept the promise — sort of …
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Massachusetts Congressman Still Taking Money From Big Tobacco
Do politicians still take money from Big Tobacco in 2021? Yes, and that includes one politician from Massachusetts.
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Charlie Baker Has Largest Fund-Raising Month In Years
Will the incumbent governor of Massachusetts, Charlie Baker, run for a third term? While several political sources have told a NewBostonPost reporter informally over the past few months they to expect it to happen, Baker hasn't said either way yet. However, he hasn't ruled it out
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Donald Trump Endorses Geoff Diehl
Former President Donald Trump knows who he wants to be the next governor of Massachusetts: former state Representative Geoff Diehl (R-Whitman). The pro-Trump Republican, who endorsed Trump before Super Tuesday in the 2016 primary, got an endorsement from the 45th president on Wednesday evening.
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Ed Markey Endorses Michelle Wu
U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Malden) is a fan of Boston city councilor Michelle Wu. He endorsed her to be the next mayor of Boston on Twitter this week.
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Michael Dukakis Says Refugee Intake Must Have Limits
Former Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis, who was the Democratic Party's nominee for president in 1988, recently said that the United States must have a limit on how many Afghan refugees it takes in. He doesn't want an unlimited flow, but he thinks that President Joe Biden