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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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Unemployment is up, government revenue is down, and members of the Massachusetts Legislature are eligible to get a 6.46 percent base pay increase this year and a 4.89 percent increase to their office expense accounts. Will they keep the money, or will they donate it to charity?
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Should President Donald Trump be able to run for public office once again? That's a question Massachusetts Republican governor Charlie Baker got at a recent press conference. He didn't answer the question directly.
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Will former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney vote to convict President Donald Trump in the U.S. Senate? Last time Trump was impeached, Romney was the only Republican to vote to remove Trump from office in either chamber of Congress. Now, with the U.S. House voting to impeach Trump over
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An Irish Catholic who grew up going to St. Margaret's Church in Dorchester (now St. Teresa of Calcutta Church), U.S. Labor Secretary nominee Marty Walsh has been a strong advocate for abortion expansion policies — and expressed no concerns when the city named a landmark after an abortion
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William Gross may want to switch offices in Boston this year. There is a good chance that the Boston Police Commissioner will run for mayor of Boston now that president-elect Joe Biden nominated Marty Walsh as his Labor Secretary, as many news outlets including WBZ have reported.
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If you believe one member of "The Squad," then there are white supremacists in the United States Congress. That's what U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Dorchester) says/ She said it referring to the safe room where many members of Congress hid during the Capitol Hill riot
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts plans to use two of its biggest sports venues to distribute the coronavirus vaccine. The state will likely end up using both Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots, and Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, to distribute it in the coming weeks,
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Will the Boston Police Commissioner jump into the mayoral race with Marty Walsh poised to take over as president-elect Joe Biden's Secretary of Labor? That's a highly likely possibility. William Gross may have a decision at some point this week, according to Boston.com.