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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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Most people in Massachusetts approve of the state's Republican governor Charlie Baker, but his approval rating is on the decline. A poll released by UMass Amherst this week showed that Baker's approval rating has dropped substantially over the past several months. It showed Baker with a
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About one year ago the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shut down sectors of the economy in response to the coronavirus pandemic. While the virus has taken the lives of more than half a million Americans and hospitalized many more, people remain hesitant to donate blood out of fear of the virus,
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U.S. Representative Jake Auchincloss (D-Newton), who was a registered Republican as recently as 2015, says there are some members of that party he would work with in Congress — and others he would not. It depends on whether or not they voted to certify the results of the 2020 presidential
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Former middleweight boxing champ Marvin Hagler died near his New Hampshire home on Saturday, March 13. Hagler, a Brockton native, was the undisputed middleweight boxing champion from 1980 to 1987. He was 66 years old at the time of his death. The Hagler family says that his death was the
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[CORRECTION, 7 p.m. Friday, March 12, 2021: A previous version of this story included a provision that appeared in a draft version of the Cambridge ordinance on polyamory but was not included in the final version passed by the city council. The draft version required that members of a
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Before he was a candidate for governor in Massachusetts, he was a state senator — and taught at a public college for two years. Benjamin Downing, a Democrat who lived in Pittsfield at the time but in East Boston now, served as a member of the Massachusetts Legislature from 2007 to
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The travel rules are now a little different for people when it comes to traveling to Massachusetts, if they are fully vaccinated. Now people who have either received two doses of the Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines or one dose of the Janssen vaccine more than 14 days ago don&
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The Confederate battle flag is no longer welcome at public schools in Northampton. The town's school committee voted on Thursday, March 11 to ban the flag from being displayed on school property, at school-sponsored activities, and during virtual learning, as WHDH reports. This came after middle schoolers wore