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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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U.S. Representative Stephen Lynch (D-South Boston) isn't interested in taking another job. Instead, Lynch, who represents the Eighth Congressional District of Massachusetts, says he is running for re-election.
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President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won their respective parties' 2024 presidential primaries in Massachusetts. Biden dominated on the Democratic side. With 84 percent of the vote counted, Biden was at 82.9 percent. No preference (9.4 percent), U.S. Representative Dean Phillips (D-Minnesota) (4.6
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A high school girls' basketball team in New England with a male player on it is set to play in the state championship game this weekend. That's because the Long Trail School girls' basketball team won its Vermont Principals Association Division 4 state semifinal game in
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Gas prices are up nationwide in the past week, but that's not the case in Massachusetts. The average gas price has remained steady in Massachusetts at $3.18 per gallon, according to AAA. That's the same price it was last week.
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Massachusetts has more unenrolled voters than it did at this time four years ago. As of February 2024, 63.6 percent of the states 4.96 million registered voters were unenrolled, according to the Secretary of the Commonwealth's office. Meanwhile, 8.3 percent were Republicans and 27 percent
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Gas could become a little more expensive in many Massachusetts communities if a bill filed by one state legislator from the western part of the state becomes law. The bill seeks to allow cities and towns in the state to charge a local option fuel tax of 3 cents per
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U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Malden) says the American health care industry emits too much greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Markey even said that the health care system is making people sicker because of its emissions.
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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is up for re-election this year — if he decides to run again. The 82-year-old self-described democratic socialist has not yet announced whether or not he will seek re-election, according to The Washington Post.