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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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If betting on high school sports were legal, then it would make sense to bet on the male competing on the girls' side of the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 state championship meet next weekend. That's not a hunch. Going into the Division 2 state
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Union membership took a slight dip in Massachusetts last year. Union members accounted for 12.6 percent of wage and salary workers in the Bay State in 2023 — a 0.1 percent drop from 12.7 percent in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Young black Massachusetts residents are far more likely to be arrested than other groups, according to a new study from Columbia University. The study, published February 1, 2024, notes that despite amounting to just 8 percent of the population under 21 in Massachusetts, black Bay Staters in that age range
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Democrats have won every presidential election in New Hampshire since 2004, but President Joe Biden still plans to campaign in the Granite State this year. U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-New Hampshire) revealed that on the social media platform widely known as Twitter this week.
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In 1980, Mike Eruzione took down the Soviet Union. The Winthrop, Massachusetts native was captain of the 1980 Winter Olympics Team USA men's ice hockey team. He scored the go-ahead goal with 10 minutes left in the third period of the team's 4-3 win over the
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The Boston Red Sox plan to begin spring training this month, according to the team's web site. Pitchers and catchers are supposed to report to spring training on Wednesday, February 14. The rest of the team follows suit on Monday, February 19. The team's first spring
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A columnist for The Boston Globe recently reported a story about a woman traveling from Connecticut to Vermont to use the state's physician-assisted suicide law — except he made himself part of the story. The story notes that to take advantage of Vermont's physician-assisted suicide law, someone
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The Newton Teachers Association entered the eighth day of its illegal wildcat strike on Tuesday, but Massachusetts Republican Party chairman Amy Carnevale wants to see the teachers get back to work. Carnevale said Newton teachers are playing politics with kids' educations, which she said is wrong.