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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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For political candidates in Massachusetts this year, getting on the ballot presents more of a problem than usual, because during the coronavirus emergency candidates and their surrogates can't approach people in public places to ask for signatures the way they usually would. Although the coronavirus pandemic makes it
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The way Massachusetts is handing out unemployment benefits is not sustainable, recent analysis from The Tax Foundation states. On April 9, Jared Walczak, the director of state tax policy for The Tax Foundation, a pro-growth, tax-skeptical think tank in Washington D.C., calculated how long every state could pay out
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Want to go to a beach in Massachusetts? It's not as simple as it was before the coronavirus pandemic broke out in Massachusetts.
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For the time being, professional haircuts from licensed barbers and hairdressers are no longer available to Massachusetts residents. Still, people are getting haircuts.
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Public school classes have not taken place in Boston since Monday, March 16 because of the coronavirus pandemic. So far, neither have any formal online classes for the district's more than 54,000 students. Even so, teachers are still being paid as usual.
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Only a small percentage of students and parents across the state do it, but supporters of homeschooling say the coronavirus pandemic could change the way some Massachusetts students are educated long-term. As of the 2017-2018 school year, just 3.04 percent of the Bay State's K-12 students were
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The world is battling a coronavirus pandemic for which there is no cure. The United States's strategy is to practice good hygiene and social distancing to try to limit the virus's damage and destruction. While frequent hand washing, carrying hand sanitizer, limiting going out in public,
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Restrictions on daily life are the norm in the United States under the coronavirus pandemic. Close to home, for instance, dine-in restaurants, sit-down bars, golf courses, movie theaters, and barber shops are no longer open in Massachusetts by Governor Charlie Baker's decree. In many ways, state governments and