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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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Are schools safe for children and faculty? As of November 1 in Vermont, schools had been the origin of 39 coronavirus cases so far this school year, according to state officials. Over the past week, that figure is 11 cases.
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President Donald Trump has not conceded the 2020 presidential election, but Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker is already congratulating his opponent. Baker put out a tweet this past weekend congratulating both former vice president Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris.
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How many people voted in the 2020 general election in Massachusetts? The exact number is not clear yet. However, it appears as though the total may reach 3.6 million, or even exceed it, the Secretary of the Commonwealth's office tells MassLive.
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Congressman Seth Moulton didn't want Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House two years ago. Now, he has changed his mind. The Salem Democrat who represents the Sixth Congressional District of Massachusetts was among those seeking a different person for the role in 2018. This time around, he
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A group of 10 state attorneys general has filed a friend-of-the-court brief seeking to get the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's decision to allow mail-in ballots to be counted in the state when received three days after the election, even if they are
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It appears as though U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren wants to be a part of a Joe Biden administration. The Massachusetts Democrat previously indicated that she would accept the vice-presidential nomination if selected, and late last month a Politico report said that Warren wanted to be named Secretary of the
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For the second straight election, President Donald Trump didn't win New Hampshire. Trump lost the state by fewer than 3,000 votes in 2016, in part because nearly 4,500 people wrote in Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. This time around, however, Trump received 45.6 percent of the
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Is Democratic state senator-elect Adam Gomez going to work to bring single-payer health care to Massachusetts? He voiced concerns about that idea during an appearance on state Senator Eric Lesser's (D-Longmeadow) Lunchtime Livestream on Friday afternoon. The hesitation came despite Gomez's running as a supporter of