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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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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey recently told business leaders that she doesn't support raising taxes — despite announcing a proposal earlier this year that would raise taxes in at least some places in the state. While giving a speech to the New England Council at the Boston Harbor Hotel on
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By Bruce Mohl CommonWealth Beacon A special committee of eight Massachusetts House and Senate lawmakers on Wednesday issued a series of reports on the state's pending ballot questions and in each case determined that the proposals ought not to be approved as new laws by the Legislature.
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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) worries that younger Americans are not anti-Trump enough. Sanders said that while he understands their frustrations with the failings of President Joe Biden, he still wants people to vote for Biden.
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Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly support transparency measures, according to a recent Boston Globe/Suffolk University poll. The poll found that 76.8 percent of Bay Staters think that the Massachusetts state legislature, governor's office, and judiciary should allow public records requests, while just 18 percent opposed the idea. Massachusetts
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A candidate for selectman in Dracut has made a campaign promise: the more followers he gets on Facebook, the more he will donate to the Dracut Food Pantry. Dave Martin made the announcement via a press release this week.
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A male transgender skier earned all-league honors in Maine this school year. Maine Coast Waldorf School sophomore Soren Stark-Chessa was named to the Western Maine Conference girls' Nordic skiing all-conference team for the winter 2023-2024 season, as The Lewiston Sun-Journal first reported.
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If the Massachusetts House of Representatives has its way, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will ban schools from having American Indian mascots. This wouldn't happen because of a bill that made its way through the legislative process. Instead, the House wants to force its will onto municipalities on this
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By Gintautas Dumcius CommonWealth Beacon Campaign finance regulators kept coming back with a question for Chris Flanagan, a freshman House lawmaker who represents part of the Cape: Who is Jeanne Louise?