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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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Former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh misses his old job, he recently said. The former U.S. Labor Secretary, who serves as the executive director of the National Hockey League Players' Association, served as Boston's mayor from January 2014 to March 2021.
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A Republican running for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts has backed several progressive Democrats for elected office in recent years. Quincy City Council president Ian Cain has been a registered Republican since February 29, 2024, a Quincy City Clerk employee told NewBostonPost by telephone on Friday, August 30. Before that,
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Former President Donald Trump offered an in-vitro fertilization proposal last week — and Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey says don't buy it. Trump recently said he wants to force insurance companies to pay for in vitro fertilization or have the federal government pay for in vitro fertilization.
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Vice President Kamala Harris is coming to New Hampshire for a campaign this week. The Democratic presidential nominee plans to be in the Granite State on Wednesday, September 4, according to WMUR. However, the location and time of the event are not yet public, the report said.
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Massachusetts residents overwhelmingly want transparency in state government, a new Pioneer Institute poll conducted by Emerson College found. The poll found that 80 percent of registered voters favor eliminating the exemption from the state public records law currently claimed by the Massachusetts Legislature, governor, and state Supreme Judicial Court, advocating
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Kamala Harris has been vice president for three-and-a-half years, but she's still working through her policy platform for the presidential election that is about two months away, according to U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont). Sanders said that Harris is doing a good job and defended her lack
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U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Malden) endorsed a democratic socialist this week. Markey endorsed current state representative Erika Uyterhoeven (D-Somerville) in her 27th Middlesex Democratic primary against Kathleen Hornby, a self-described progressive who doesn't identify as a socialist.
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Federal immigration authorities have arrested a Mexican illegal immigrant who is wanted for aggravated homicide in his home country. Officers from the Hartford office of Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston's office arrested the 42-year-old illegal immigrant in Seymour, Connecticut, on August 20, authorities said.