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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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Massachusetts is one of the most vaccinated states in the country. It's one of just three states where at least two-thirds of the population is vaccinated against coronavirus, data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows, according to WHDH. The other two states in that
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The United States has spent more than $8 trillion on the War on Terror since 2001, a continuing conflict that has resulted in more than 900,000 deaths worldwide, according to research conducted by Brown University. The War on Terror started as a result of the September 11, 2001 terror
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Jennifer Nassour is invested in the race for mayor in Boston. Literally.
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U.S. Representative Jared Golden (D-Maine), who represents his state's right-leaning Second Congressional District, is not happy with a recent move by President Joe Biden's administration. Golden disagrees with Biden's coronavirus vaccination mandate. On Thursday, September 9, Biden ordered that companies that employ 100
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The North Quincy High football team had no problem taking down the Somerville Highlanders in their home opener — and Charlie Baker got plenty of playing time. The Raiders won their home opener 48-6 on Friday, September 10. Since North Quincy's starters were dominant, they started putting their backups
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Rayla Campbell plans to run for secretary of the commonwealth now instead of lieutenant governor. The Republican from Randolph changed the purpose of her political committee in a letter to the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance on Thursday. Campbell had been running for lieutenant governor since March. Before
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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court says that the Massachusetts Newborn Protection Coalition can collect signatures for the time being in a push to get their born-alive protection question onto the November 2022 ballot. The state's highest court granted a preliminary injunction late Thursday afternoon, allowing the process to
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Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate and state Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz (D-Jamaica Plain) wants free public college — and she offered a way that she thinks will pay for most of it. She says that the proposal would cost $2 billion per year. Her plan to fund most of it is a 2.5