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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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Robert DeLeo (D-Winthrop) resigned from the State House and his post as Massachusetts House Speaker on Tuesday night, and received a positive response from his colleagues. DeLeo, who held votes to pass an abortion expansion bill and override Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker on it, reportedly received a warm response from
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State Representative Russell Holmes (D-Mattapan) decided he won't run for Speaker of the House in Massachusetts after all. While the current House speaker, state Representative Robert DeLeo (D-Winthrop), is resigning as speaker and as a member of the House at 6 p.m. Tuesday, December 29 to pursue
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The city of Cambridge will soon having a warning for you: on gas pumps. By the end of this month, gas pumps in the city will feature a label that reads: "Warning: Burning Gasoline, Diesel and Ethanol has major consequences on human health and on the environment including contributing
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All six Massachusetts congressmen who voted yesterday to override President Donald Trump's veto of a defense bill that would limit troop withdrawals from the Middle East take campaign donations from corporate political action committees, while the state's three congressmen who voted against the override don'
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Some Democrats opposed it, virtually every Republican opposed it, but an abortion expansion bill (H.5179) will be the law of the land in Massachusetts. Without any debate or statements on the bill, the Massachusetts Senate voted 32-8 on Tuesday afternoon to override the veto of the state's
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Democrats who voted to override Governor Charlie Baker's veto of the abortion bill in the Massachusetts House of Representatives on Monday afternoon expressed satisfaction with the outcome. The House voted 107-46 to override Baker with 105 Democrats voting for the ROE Act (H.5179) once again while state
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On Friday, January 1, 2021, Massachusetts will have a new minimum wage. It won't be $12.75 an hour anymore. The new number will be $13.50.
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U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) continued his annual Festivus tradition this year — and gave Massachusetts a shoutout in the process. Each year, Paul pays tribute to the fictitious December 23 holiday from the TV show Seinfeld with his own "Airing of Grievances." On the Seinfeld episode called