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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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If President Joe Biden has it his way, Congress will repeal the Hyde Amendment — and at least a couple of Democrats in the Massachusetts legislature won't be happy about it. President Biden proposed a $6 trillion federal budget on Friday, May 28 that does not include the Hyde
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While many people might think of bears as an animal that lives in northern New England, at least one bear was spotted south of Boston in Plymouth County over the weekend. The Hanson Police Department reported on Facebook on Sunday that a bear had once again been spotted in town.
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The average price of gas has hit more than $3.00 per gallon in the United States, including a few New England states. The average price nationwide is $3.045 per gallon — and while it's still below $3.00 per gallon in Massachusetts ($2.921), two New England
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What does the Green-Rainbow Party have planned for 2022? Could the left-wing, pro-environment, and socially progressive party run some candidates for statewide office? Will the party run a candidate for state auditor with Democrat Suzanne Bump announcing that she won't seek a fourth term?
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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) wants the government to do a lot of things, but he doesn't want to compromise with the Republican Party to make it happen. Sanders made that clear in a recent op-ed he wrote for CNN. He said he wants to see bills
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Former Massachusetts governor and current U.S. senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) accepted his Profile in Courage award from the John F. Kennedy Library this week. Romney took a shot at some of his fellow Republicans as well as some Democrats during his virtual speech.
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It turns out that people who work in news also make political contributions in state elections — to Democrats. NewBostonPost has previously covered how members of the mainstream media in Massachusetts make political donations, and how they skew heavily to the Democratic side — including in the 2021 U.S. Senate runoff
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Could Massachusetts state Representative Claire Cronin (D-Easton) be the next U.S. ambassador to Ireland? Cronin, the prime mover in the state Legislature of the ROE Act abortion expansion bill last year, is not saying, although some fellow state legislators are congratulating her on a report that says she'