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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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Opponents of a proposed sex education curriculum in Worcester are planning to hold a march against it early Wednesday morning — a day before the city's school committee votes on whether to adopt it. The curriculum, called Rights, Responsibility, Respect and published by an organization called Advocates for Youth,
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Is it the Board of Selectmen or is it the Select Board? That's a question some towns have wrestled with in recent years, with some opting for "Select Board," which they deem gender-neutral and therefore better.
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Massachusetts no longer has an outdoor mask mandate in effect, but that's not stopping two Massachusetts towns from doing it. Brookline and Salem will keep the outdoor mask mandate in place, as FOX News reports.
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Single-use plastic bottles will likely soon be banned in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Sandwich held its annual Town Meeting on Monday, May 3 and during it, voters approved a ban on the town-wide sales of single-use plastic bottles, as Cape News reports.
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Kim Janey is the acting mayor of Boston, but she doesn't like the title. She thinks she should be called mayor, not acting mayor.
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Will the Rights, Respect and Responsibility sex education curriculum be used in Worcester Public Schools next school year? The Worcester School Committee plans to vote on that proposal later this week, at its meeting scheduled for Thursday, May 6.
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A sex education curriculum that has divided parents and school committee members in Worcester is expected to go to a vote later this week. The Worcester School Committee, which sets policy for the public schools in the second largest city in Massachusetts, is set to decide on whether to adopt
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President Joe Biden wants to raise the capital gains tax — and opponents say it will not only cost the country jobs but revenue as well. Biden wants to raise the top federal tax rate on long-term capital gains and qualified dividends from 23.8 percent to 39.6 percent for