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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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Susan Collins, a Maine Republican who is running for re-election in the U.S. Senate this November, received an endorsement from Joe Lieberman, a former Democratic U.S. senator from Connecticut. Lieberman was Al Gore's running mate in the 2000 presidential election. Lieberman's endorsement comes from
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Rayla Campbell's virtually unprecedented bid to get 2,000 write-in votes to get on the November general election ballot against U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Dorchester) came up short. The Randolph Republican got 1,202 votes in the Republican primary for the Seventh Congressional District, a spokesman for
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The Massachusetts Republican Party is not happy with the way vote counting has gone in a couple of elections in the state, arguing that it may cost a couple of GOP candidates from making the ballot this November. As of the end of the business day Tuesday, September 8, one
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Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse didn't win this time, but there could be a next time. Morse unsuccessfully primaried U.S. Representative Richard Neal (D-Springfield) in Massachusetts's First Congressional District this year. He received 41.2 percent of the vote to Neal's 58.8 percent
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A WCVB-TV Channel 5 reporter got stabbed on the job in Copley Square at about 9:05 p.m. Sunday. The victim, Ted Wayman, got stabbed by Cirilo Aldana-Peraedes, a 44-year-old Boston resident, in the left forearm, police said. The attack caused a severe laceration that sent Wayman to the
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If Boston Mayor Marty Walsh decides to seek re-election next year, he going to have a Democratic challenge — from his left. Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu will also be running for mayor in 2021 — or at least that's what Walsh has said, according to MassLive. The mayor said
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Restaurants in Massachusetts are closing for good at a high rate because of the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns associated with them. More than 20 percent of restaurants in the state have permanently closed due to the emergency, and it is possible that others will not be able to survive in
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States have a coronavirus threat they didn't during the past severak months: colleges. Not only do many colleges have students from across the world, including China, on their campuses this fall, but they have people from all over the country — and students who don't follow social