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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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Illegal immigrants have been sleeping on the floors at Terminal E at Logan Airport in Boston as Massachusetts continues to get an influx of migrants looking to capitalize on its right-to-shelter law. "We continue to see migrants at the airport on a daily basis," Massport spokesman Jennifer Mehigan
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A Berklee College of Music student has been convicted by a federal jury in Boston on charges of stalking and threatening an individual who put up fliers in support of democracy in China around the Berklee campus area. Xiaolei Wu, a 26-year-old citizen of the People's Republic of
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A Lynn man was sentenced in federal court in Boston this week for his role in a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization. The organization manufactured and distributed thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing narcotics, according to prosecutors. Erick Solis Lopez, 25, was sentenced to 62 months in prison and three
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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey proposed a state budget this week, clocking in at $58 billion. It's not the final budget. That will have to be approved by the Massachusetts Legislature and will come replete with its own set of local pork projects. But even the budget Healey proposed
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Baseball season is not all that far away. The Boston Red Sox are scheduled to begin spring training next month, according to the team's web site. Pitchers and catchers are supposed t0 report to spring training on Wednesday, February 14, and the rest of the team is scheduled
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A pro-life Democrat ran in the 2024 New Hampshire presidential primary. She didn't win, but she got 99 votes, according to The Associated Press.
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Remember when Maura Healey ran for governor on cutting taxes and delivered a pitiful tax cut bill that only upped the rental deduction by $50 per year? Well, now she's back with a tax increase proposal.
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The Tax Foundation, a right-of-center think tank, released a report this week that found that Massachusetts had the 11th highest corporate tax rate in the country. It's a tax that 48 states impose (Wyoming and South Dakota don't), and the top Massachusetts rate is 8 percent.