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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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And then there were two states remaining. Connecticut no longer wants to be a part of the cap-and-trade Transportation and Climate Initiative, leaving Massachusetts and Rhode Island as the only remaining states that are a part of the compact planning to charge a carbon fee on fuel providers. Washington D.
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Is rent control the solution to the lack of affordable housing in the city of Boston? Not really, the city's mayoral candidates say.
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Republican members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives gave party chairman Jim Lyons an ultimatum: condemn a conservative state GOP committee member for expressing a conservative point of view or resign. Lyons addressed the topic in a statement late Friday night, acknowledging the clamor but rejecting what he called "
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Abortion-supporting state Representative Tami Gouveia (D-Acton), who is no fan of U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah), may end up running to be lieutenant governor of Massachusetts. The second-term Democrat has been calling her colleagues in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in recent days telling them she plans to run
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Mass-coronavirus-vaccination sites will soon be a thing of the past in Massachusetts. Over the next five weeks, the state plans to close down some of its bigger vaccination sites, switching to community-based vaccination clinics instead, as WCVB reports.
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New Hampshire will not become a right-to-work state this year or next year. Senate Bill 61, a proposal to ban unions from charging dues to nonmembers for the cost of representation, failed Thursday, June 3 in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, with 175 voting in favor and 199 voting
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How do you make a country safer? According to U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Malden), immigration accomplishes that.
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Wearing masks outdoors is a thing of the past in Rhode Island. Unvaccinated Ocean Staters no longer have to wear a mask outdoors in Rhode Island, although the state has made no changes to its indoor mask policy, as What's Up Newp reports.