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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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In the Maine's Second Congressional District, a primary is set for Tuesday, July 14 for a seat that Republicans have a shot at winning in November. After the election, Mainers will find out who they have going up against incumbent Democratic U.S. Representative Jared Golden this upcoming
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U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) has endorsed a fellow democratic socialist Muslim female in the Democratic primary in the Fourth Congressional District of Massachusetts. Omar, a member of "The Squad," which includes U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Dorchester), endorsed Ihssane Leckey, one of nine Democrats running in
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Late last month, the city of Somerville became the first place in America to officially recognize domestic relationships of three or more people. The top reason cited by city councilors was so that unmarried people could add their live-in partners to their health insurance plans amid the coronavirus pandemic, as
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President Donald Trump's rally scheduled for this Saturday at 8 p.m. in Portsmouth, New Hampshire has been postponed due to expected weather conditions. Trump's rally was supposed to take place outdoors on the tarmac at Portsmouth International Airport, but with Tropical Storm Fay expected to
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The Worcester Police Department plans to start processing license-to-carry applications for first-time applicants starting Monday, July 13. It would be the first time since about mid-March, when police stopped doing so in connection with the coronavirus emergency.
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Hoping to unseat prominent incumbent Democrat Ayanna Pressley in Massachusetts's Seventh Congressional District, Rayla Campbell held her first official campaign event of the 2020 election cycle on Thursday afternoon. A few dozen participants stopped by during the standout, called American Values, American Way, outside of Powers Farm in
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The requirements to get into the state of Connecticut without quarantining are now stricter than they were before. People from New York and New Jersey were already supposed to quarantine for 14 days if they traveled to Connecticut.
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A statue of the first Republican President of the United States is expected to be removed from Park Square in Boston after a vote from the city's Art Commission — but some are trying to rally support for keeping it. Late last month, the Boston Art Commission voted 8-0