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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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On Tuesday, September 1, the minimum wage in Connecticut will rise. The state's minimum wage is scheduled to increase from $11 an hour to $12 an hour. As a result, minimum wage employees working 40 hours a week will receive a $40 pay increase each week.
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A socialist running for Congress in Massachusetts is a millionaire. That's according to the tax returns released by democratic socialist Ihssane Leckey's campaign.
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Either U.S. Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III or U.S. Senator Edward Markey will lose the Democratic Senate primary in Massachusetts this upcoming Tuesday. Since that's the case, then what? What ends up happening to the losing candidate? Will he be done with politics, or will there
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Restrictions to enter Massachusetts are now looser for people coming from a few states. Massachusetts residents returning home from Colorado, Delaware, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania as well as visitors from those respective states are now exempt from the governor's two-week quarantine period. Previously, that only would have been
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Now there are seven Democratic candidates in the U.S. House race in Massachusetts's Fourth district. Wellesley businessman Chris Zannetos dropped out of the race on Wednesday and threw his support behind former Brookline selectman Jesse Mermell, who used to work for Planned Parenthood.
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One company is set to employ a large number of people in Maine to produce inexpensive coronavirus tests. Abbott Laboratories has 800 employees between a lab and manufacturing plant in Scarborough and another plant in Westbrook, but it plans to hire an additional 1,200 employees in Westbrook — 300 permanent
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Vermont Governor Phil Scott has said he wants to take taxpayer money and give it to illegal immigrants. Scott, a Republican running for a third two-year term in November, reportedly wants to set aside $2 million for stimulus payments for residents of Vermont who were not eligible to receive $1,
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Massachusetts Republican Governor Charlie Baker hasn't given out any endorsements for members of his party in this election cycle. However, he tweeted in support of U.S. Representative Richard Neal (D-Springfield) on Thursday morning.