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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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The city of Salem, Massachusetts will have an indoor mask mandate for businesses — but it won't start for another couple of weeks. The Salem Board of Health voted 5-0 on Tuesday, August 10 to create the mask mandate.
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts exempts food from sales tax. While prepared meals in restaurants have a 6.25 percent meals tax and many communities tack on an additional 0.75 percent local option tax, shoppers don't pay sales tax on the food they buy during a typical trip
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U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Cambridge) wants President Joe Biden to cancel student loan debt — and is continuing to push him on the matter. Warren tweeted in support of cancelling student loan debt on Monday, August 9.
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The city of Taunton will spend money on an election next month that will knock just one candidate off the November 2021 citywide election ballot. Shaunna O'Connell, the current mayor and a Republican, is running unopposed for re-election, while 19 candidates are running for nine seats on the
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Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker hasn't made any pronouncement that would attempt to force public school children to wear masks in school this upcoming fall, but Massachusetts Senate President Karen Spilka (D-Ashland) would like to see it happen regardless of vaccination status. Although Baker has said that he doesn&
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He's the climate czar for the United States of America, but his wife's private jet takes frequent trips. Former U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) has a Gulfstream G-IV private jet that has taken 18 trips so far this year, , as global flight tracker FlightAware reports.
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Do you want to go out to eat in Massachusetts? You'll have to show proof of vaccination at some businesses in the Commonwealth to get served.
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Former president Barack Obama faced criticism for his big birthday plans last week, so he scaled down the party. Obama was supposed to have about 500 guests but that number was decreased due to the coronavirus pandemic. Reports said that the new version was set to be a gathering of