Items by Tom Joyce
Christian Leaders’ Anti-ROE Act Letter Now Has More Than 400 Signers; More Than 20 Pastors Explain Why
November 29, 2020, 10:42 EST
Elizabeth Warren, Ed Markey, Jim McGovern Among Massachusetts Politicians To Take Money From Opioid-Tied Sackler Family
November 26, 2020, 13:15 EST
Give Illegal Immigrants Driver’s Licenses To Mitigate Coronavirus Spread, Says Driving Families Forward Panelist
November 24, 2020, 17:21 EST
Public School Enrollment Drops, Homeschooling Soars Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
November 24, 2020, 17:19 EST
Defense Contractor Campaign Recipients Stephen Lynch, Seth Moulton Oppose Troop Withdrawals In Afghanistan and Iraq
November 24, 2020, 7:25 EST
New Study Shows Transportation and Climate Initiative Could Bump Gas Prices Up 38 Cents Per Gallon By 2022
November 19, 2020, 18:55 EST
Massachusetts Senate Passes Version of ROE Act Over Bipartisan Opposition
November 18, 2020, 22:34 EST
Pro-Life State Rep Argues That Everyone Should Oppose Abortion Expansion Amendment
November 18, 2020, 13:49 EST
Not Infanticide? ROE Act-Supporting State Rep Explains Thinking Behind Abortion Expansion Amendment
November 18, 2020, 11:39 EST
Few Members of Key Legislative Committee Willing To Comment On Abortion Amendment Passing Massachusetts House
November 16, 2020, 7:49 EST
Jane Swift Says She Supports Latest Version of ROE Act Abortion Expansion Bill
November 13, 2020, 18:27 EST
More Than 300 Pastors Sign Onto Letter To Charlie Baker Urging Him To Reject Latest Version of ROE Act Abortion Bill
November 11, 2020, 18:22 EST
Congressman-Elect Jake Auchincloss: We Want Mass Low-Skill Immigration, Too
November 11, 2020, 18:19 EST
Republican Attorneys General Association Challenging Some Votes In Pennsylvania
November 10, 2020, 7:39 EST
Don’t Expect Elizabeth Warren In A Joe Biden Administration, Political Scientists Say
November 10, 2020, 7:38 EST
Incoming Democratic State Senator in Western Massachusetts Appears To Walk Back Commitment To Single-Payer Health Care
November 8, 2020, 17:18 EST
Two Defendants Plead Not Guilty To Charges In Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Case
November 5, 2020, 20:27 EST
No Thanksgiving-As-Usual This Year, Cape Cod Coronavirus Task Force Says
November 5, 2020, 13:04 EST
Jay McMahon Falls To Susan Moran in Massachusetts Senate Rematch on Cape and in Plymouth County
November 5, 2020, 6:58 EST
Ranked-Choice Voting Opponents Say Issue Is Now Settled In Massachusetts By Decisive Rejection From Voters
November 5, 2020, 6:55 EST
Plymouth County Commission Stays Republican, Barnstable County Commission Goes Full Democrat
November 5, 2020, 6:41 EST
Catholic Action League of Massachusetts Says Joe Biden Responsible For Millions of Abortions In America
November 3, 2020, 6:40 EST
Jay McMahon Running As Pro-Police, Low Tax Voice For The Plymouth & Barnstable District
November 2, 2020, 7:39 EST
Political Scientists Cast Doubt On Republicans’ Ability To Pick Up Seats In Massachusetts Legislature This November
November 2, 2020, 5:45 EST
Immigration-Restrictionist Group Voices Concerns Over Potential Lame Duck Pro-Illegal-Immigration Votes In Massachusetts Legislature
October 31, 2020, 17:26 EDT
MassFiscal Says Two Environmentalist Groups Are Violating Campaign Finance Law In Massachusetts
October 30, 2020, 7:29 EDT
David DeCoste Touts Bipartisanship, Work With Constituents In State Rep Re-Election Bid On South Shore
October 30, 2020, 7:24 EDT
Oklahoma Found A Way To Tax Illegal Immigrants; Should Massachusetts Follow Suit?
October 27, 2020, 16:54 EDT
Some Massachusetts State Legislative Candidates Are Spending Big On Facebook Ads
October 26, 2020, 17:56 EDT
Robert Kraft Gave To Pro-Biden Group, Supports Multiple Massachusetts Democrats In 2020 Election Cycle
October 24, 2020, 18:26 EDT
Catholic Action League of Massachusetts Hits Cardinal Sean O’Malley For Defending Pope’s Civil Union Stance
October 24, 2020, 12:30 EDT
Biden Says He Didn’t Call Trump Xenophobic For China Travel Ban — But Tweets Say Otherwise
October 23, 2020, 5:54 EDT
GOP’s Jared Valanzola Taking Experience In Local Politics To Plymouth County Commissioner Race
October 22, 2020, 8:17 EDT
Environmental Groups Silent, Immigration Reductionist Groups Concerned Over Potential Environmental Impacts Of Giving Drivers’ Licenses To Illegal Immigrants
October 22, 2020, 8:12 EDT
Bill Keating Challengers Mike Manley and Helen Brady Hit Congressman For Supreme Court Hypocrisy
October 21, 2020, 8:03 EDT
Big Tobacco, Defense Contractors, Pharmaceutical Companies Gave Richard Neal Third Quarter Funding Boost In Primary Battle
October 19, 2020, 13:45 EDT
Republicans Winning Massachusetts Senate Fund-Raising Battle … In Districts Where They’re Running Candidates
October 18, 2020, 11:57 EDT
Joe Kennedy III Solicits Donations For His PAC, But Won’t Say What His Future Plans Are
October 16, 2020, 8:21 EDT
Once Favoring Democrats, Massachusetts Police Officers Now Donating Heavily To Republican Causes
October 14, 2020, 9:53 EDT
Rayla Campbell Describes Altercation at Trump Rally That Left Her With A Fractured Tibia, Mild Concussion, and Sprained Finger
October 13, 2020, 22:05 EDT
What’s It Take To Get An Endorsement? 10 Organizations/Unions Explain How
October 10, 2020, 23:51 EDT
Kingston Pro-Life Independent Ed Mazzuchelli Running Write-In Campaign For U.S. Senate
October 6, 2020, 14:47 EDT
Ed Markey: Repeal Bush and Trump Tax Cuts To Give Universal Basic Income To Illegal Immigrants
October 5, 2020, 23:50 EDT
Cardinal Sean O’Malley Issues Statement Opposing ROE Act Abortion Expansion Bill
September 30, 2020, 20:53 EDT
Summer Schmaling Calls For Lower Taxes, More Education Funding In Debate
September 26, 2020, 19:43 EDT
Seth Moulton Says Immigration Is Good For Economy, Ignores Impact On Low-Skill Americans
September 25, 2020, 12:48 EDT
GOP’s Tatyana Semyrog Hits Dem Josh Cutler Over Police Reform Bill In State Rep Race Debate
September 23, 2020, 19:03 EDT
Massachusetts State Rep Says ‘There’s A Special Place In Hell’ for Mitt Romney
September 22, 2020, 17:56 EDT
McGovern GOP Opponent Tracy Lovvorn Talks Second Congressional Run, Explains QAnon Stance
September 22, 2020, 16:29 EDT
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Past Abortion Comments Raise Questions About Her View of Eugenics
September 21, 2020, 23:43 EDT
Abortion Survivor, Baby Pegged for Abortion Headline Virtual Fund-Raiser for Massachusetts Citizens for Life
September 18, 2020, 17:12 EDT
Charlie Baker Declines To Make An Endorsement In Fourth Congressional District Race Between Democrat Jake Auchincloss and Fellow Republican Julie Hall
September 15, 2020, 23:26 EDT
Westport College Senior Seeking To Become The Youngest Member Of The Massachusetts House Of Representatives
September 11, 2020, 20:45 EDT
Massachusetts Republicans Pay Respect To First Responders On September 11
September 11, 2020, 20:41 EDT
Rayla Campbell’s Seventh Congressional District Write-In Campaign Comes Up Short
September 9, 2020, 16:04 EDT
MassGOP Says State Slow Vote Count Could Cost Two Candidates From Making Ballot This November
September 8, 2020, 22:23 EDT
Ranked-Choice Voting Advocates Pushing For System That Could Change Outcomes — and Might Have Prevented Two Recent Presidencies
September 8, 2020, 6:00 EDT
State Has No Update On Rayla Campbell Yet, But Math Says Primary Victory Is Possible
September 5, 2020, 10:20 EDT
Massachusetts’s Fourth District Just Picked A Globalist To Succeed Kennedy
September 4, 2020, 12:44 EDT
Rayla Campbell Patiently Waiting To See If She Makes The November Ballot
September 3, 2020, 8:05 EDT
Rayla Campbell Gets Enthusiastic Response While Handing Out Stickers on Primary Day
September 1, 2020, 13:40 EDT
Former Sandwich Selectman, Retired Yarmouth Deputy Police Chief Vying To Keep Fifth Barnstable District in GOP Column This November
August 31, 2020, 14:12 EDT
What Do A Millionaire Democratic Socialist and Other One-Percenters Running for Congress in Massachusetts Have In Common? Tax Returns Tell the Tale
August 31, 2020, 6:50 EDT
What Happens To Joe Kennedy III or Ed Markey When One of Them Loses Tuesday?
August 29, 2020, 19:15 EDT
Ballot Format Could Be Gift For Jake Auchincloss in Race for Congress, Experts Say
August 25, 2020, 17:26 EDT
Illegal Immigrants Deserve More From the Government, Some Democratic Candidates for Massachusetts Fourth Congressional District Say
August 24, 2020, 17:48 EDT
Coronavirus Situation Leading Some Massachusetts Parents To Homeschool This Fall
August 22, 2020, 15:57 EDT
Which Fourth Congressional District Democratic Candidate Is The Most Pro-Abortion?
August 21, 2020, 18:57 EDT
High School Football During Late Winter? Massachusetts Coaches Drawing Up New X’s and O’s
August 20, 2020, 15:36 EDT
Fourth District Democratic Candidate Natalia Linos Explains Support For Reparations
August 20, 2020, 12:15 EDT
Soviet Refugee, Conservative Republican Tatyana Semyrog Brings Political Experience To State Representative Race
August 19, 2020, 19:42 EDT
Congressman Richard Neal Defends His Record As Top Corporate PAC Money Recipient In Debate With Alex Morse
August 18, 2020, 4:39 EDT
GOP U.S. Senate Candidate Shiva Ayyadurai’s Has Made Alt-Right Show Appearances
August 17, 2020, 18:38 EDT
Rayla Campbell Responds To Ayanna Pressley’s Call For ‘Unrest In The Streets,’ Calls Out Video Attacker at Joe Kennedy III Rally
August 17, 2020, 17:31 EDT
‘I Think It’s A Candidacy-Killer’ — Political Experts Weigh In On Alex Morse’s Sex Scandal
August 12, 2020, 18:15 EDT
Massachusetts Legislature Could Have More Self-Identified Socialists Next Year
August 11, 2020, 15:45 EDT
Joe Kennedy III Says Decarbonization, Lessening Drug Use Key To Curbing Mass Migration
August 10, 2020, 17:16 EDT
Republican Kevin O’Connor’s U.S. Senate Pitch: He’s Not A Socialist Or Conspiracy Theorist
August 8, 2020, 16:38 EDT
Ed Markey’s Claim That Solitary Confinement Connected To Race, Sexuality, Disability, or Immigration Status Is False, Massachusetts Prison Officials Say
August 8, 2020, 13:26 EDT
Massachusetts Mainstream TV and Newspaper Journalists Voting With Their Debit Cards — And It’s All In One Direction
August 7, 2020, 11:00 EDT
Stephen Lynch Primary Challenger Robbie Goldstein Unhappy That Lynch Isn’t More Pro-Abortion
August 5, 2020, 20:02 EDT
Who Is Funding Richard Neal’s Re-Election Campaign? Big Tobacco, Defense Contractors, Alcohol Producers, Credit Card Companies
August 1, 2020, 5:52 EDT
Three Massachusetts Democrats Running for Congress Endorse Hate Speech Restrictions
July 30, 2020, 8:24 EDT
Caroline Colarusso Touts School Choice, Freedom In Taking On Katherine Clark for Seat in Congress
July 29, 2020, 16:22 EDT
Latino Pastors Urge Massachusetts Legislators To Rethink Physician-Assisted Suicide Bill
July 29, 2020, 16:17 EDT
Ed Markey and Joe Kennedy III Chose Not To Pay Voluntary Income Tax Despite Calls For Massive Spending Increases
July 24, 2020, 15:37 EDT
Raytheon PAC Donation Recipient Seth Moulton Vocally Opposes Trump On Ending Afghanistan War
July 24, 2020, 15:27 EDT
Rayla Campbell Disgusted By Black Lives Matter Activist’s Racially Charged Vulgar Tirade About Her Family
July 22, 2020, 18:53 EDT
On Taxes, A Tiny Fraction of Massachusetts Residents Give More Than They Have To — Even Though They Can
July 22, 2020, 11:44 EDT
What Would It Take For Ed Markey To Beat Joe Kennedy III? Political Scientists Weigh In
July 17, 2020, 10:29 EDT
Congressional Candidate Jake Auchincloss Supports Making ROE Act Abortion Expansion Bill Federal Law
July 15, 2020, 21:02 EDT
Most Fourth Congressional District Democratic Candidates Say They Will Release Their Tax Returns
July 15, 2020, 21:00 EDT
Will Health Insurance Companies Play Ball With Recognizing Multi-Partner Domestic Relationships?
July 13, 2020, 22:57 EDT
Ayanna Pressley Says Late-Term Abortions Are Racial Justice At Virtual ROE Act Bill Rally
July 7, 2020, 21:38 EDT
Where’s Cambridge on Recognizing Threesomes? City Councilors Address Polyamory
July 7, 2020, 21:26 EDT
Ayanna Pressley’s Republican Challenger Rayla Campbell Using Sticker-and-Write-In Campaign To Get On November Ballot
July 6, 2020, 5:45 EDT
No Republican Challenger for Bill Keating? GOP Congressional Hopeful Helen Brady Off Ballot — At Least For Now
July 2, 2020, 19:46 EDT
Elizabeth Warren Still On Joe Biden’s VP List Alongside Three Black Women; Political Scientists Explain Why
July 1, 2020, 19:08 EDT
Pro-Spending Democrat Seeking Joe Kennedy III’s Seat Opted Not To Pay Optional Higher Taxes
June 29, 2020, 19:16 EDT
Radio Silence From Massachusetts Congressional Delegation On Continued Flow Of Low-Skill Nonimmigrant Workers Into America
June 22, 2020, 19:44 EDT
Want To Grow the Massachusetts Republican Party? Run For Local Office, Politicians Say
June 21, 2020, 8:33 EDT
Massachusetts Bottle, Can Deposit Fee Sees 22.3 Percent Revenue Increase Amid Coronavirus Shutdown
June 18, 2020, 9:05 EDT
Saint Jerome Elementary Schoool’s Closure Draws Opposition From Former Principal
June 13, 2020, 0:57 EDT
Five Areas Where Pro-Abortion Politicians Don’t Believe In ‘My Body, My Choice’
June 7, 2020, 13:59 EDT
Cape Cod Republican Club Disavows GOP Activist For Social Media Posts About Protests and Riots
June 5, 2020, 19:55 EDT
Taxes Skeptic, Former Teachers Union President Square Off in Taunton State Rep Race
June 1, 2020, 18:29 EDT
Massachusetts Republican Party Urges Governor Baker Not To Cave To Democrats and Instead Re-Open Economy
May 28, 2020, 12:10 EDT
How To Tell the Difference Between Ed Markey and Joe Kennedy III? Political Scientists Weigh In
May 27, 2020, 10:37 EDT
Bay State Restaurants Near Rhode Island, New Hampshire Worried About Continued Shutdown
May 24, 2020, 16:53 EDT
GOP Adviser Not Happy That Unusually High Falmouth Turnout Helped Put Cape Democrat Over the Top in State Senate Election
May 21, 2020, 16:51 EDT
Vice President Warren? Political Scientists Weigh In On Possibility Of A Biden-Warren Ticket
May 21, 2020, 10:27 EDT
Coronavirus, Left-Right Clashes Differentiate Candidates in Massachusetts Senate Special Election for Cape-and-Plymouth County Seat
May 18, 2020, 15:28 EDT
How Many Massachusetts Restaurants Will Survive State’s ‘New Normal’ Re-Opening?
May 14, 2020, 9:43 EDT
Dedham Pastor Fighting Board of Health Cease-and-Desist Order Against Church Services
May 14, 2020, 9:16 EDT
Dedham Church Cancels Services At Request of Landlord, Hopes To Try Again Next Weekend
May 11, 2020, 19:13 EDT
Adams Square Baptist Church Holds Fourth In-Person Church Service In Three Weeks
May 10, 2020, 20:29 EDT
Massachusetts Democrats Want Warren As Vice President; How Would That Affect the U.S. Senate?
May 9, 2020, 18:58 EDT
Dedham Board of Health Orders Church Not To Hold Services – Even Though They’re Limited To 10
May 7, 2020, 16:57 EDT
260 Clerics Tell Massachusetts Governor That Church Is Essential and It’s Time To Re-Open
May 7, 2020, 16:49 EDT
Hundreds Rally Outside State House Against Massachusetts’s Coronavirus Shutdown
May 4, 2020, 19:23 EDT
Worcester Pastor Holds Second Church Service, Draws Fine, Says He’ll Do It Again
May 3, 2020, 19:30 EDT
With High Unemployment, Some Wonder If Nonimmigrant Visa Programs Will Be Necessary This Summer
May 1, 2020, 14:56 EDT
Middleborough Gun Store Touts Freedom, Stays Open Despite Massachusetts Governor’s Shutdown
April 29, 2020, 19:29 EDT
Massachusetts Coronavirus Hospital Beds Figures Finally Public — Show Plateau
April 28, 2020, 21:29 EDT
Worcester Officials Throw Down, Tell Pastor Not To Have Another Church Service
April 27, 2020, 22:04 EDT
Worcester Church Holds Regular Service – Believed To Be First in Massachusetts Since Governor’s Ban
April 26, 2020, 20:01 EDT
State’s Highest Court Sides With GOP on Signature Requirements in Massachusetts Races
April 18, 2020, 11:01 EDT
Massachusetts in Poor Position to Pay Out Unemployment Compensation, Research Shows
April 14, 2020, 17:14 EDT
Boston Public Schools Students Getting No Formal Instruction During Coronavirus Emergency; Teachers Still Getting Paid
April 6, 2020, 20:43 EDT
More Homeschoolers On the Way? Some Think Coronavirus Emergency May Make Converts
April 5, 2020, 16:42 EDT
Suspend the Lottery? Some Say It Would Help People During Coronavirus Crisis
March 31, 2020, 20:44 EDT
Medical Experts Commend Massachusetts For Switching Back To Single-Use Plastic Bags
March 27, 2020, 23:35 EDT
Massachusetts Governor So Far Not Joining Most States in Pushing Back State Tax Filing Deadline Because of Coronavirus
March 27, 2020, 6:15 EDT
No Corona-Extension? Massachusetts Republicans Say Signature Deadline Favors Entrenched Democrats
March 26, 2020, 18:12 EDT
Outdoor Activities Largely Unimpeded By Coronavirus Pandemic — With A Catch
March 25, 2020, 18:00 EDT
Democracy In Inaction: Massachusetts Special Election Candidates Weigh In On Elections Being Postponed
March 24, 2020, 16:17 EDT
Cape, Islands, and Berkshires Could Go Without J-1 Visa Foreign-Worker Program This Summer
March 23, 2020, 19:38 EDT
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker Taking Criticism For Handling of Coronavirus Pandemic
March 21, 2020, 17:50 EDT
Bill Keating Explains His Support For H-2B Visa Program for Foreign Workers
March 14, 2020, 14:57 EDT
Coaches, Players React To Cancelling of Massachusetts High School Championship Games
March 13, 2020, 16:33 EDT
Gas Price Up 26 Cents A Gallon in Massachusetts? Carbon-Emissions Fuel Fee A Lot More Expensive Than Originally Thought, New Study Finds
March 12, 2020, 19:44 EDT
Proposed Fuel Tax Increases for Massachusetts Not in Working Class’s Best Interests, Critics Say
March 9, 2020, 15:51 EDT
Why Some Gave Significant Cash To Deval Patrick’s Presidential Campaign
February 26, 2020, 15:40 EST
Ed Markey: $15 An Hour Minimum Wage Maybe Isn’t High Enough
February 24, 2020, 18:49 EST
Elizabeth Warren’s Corporate Income Tax Would Crush Jobs and Wages, Tax Foundation Says
February 23, 2020, 4:04 EST
Warren Calls Bloomberg Racist, Says She’d Support Him In A General Election
February 20, 2020, 17:31 EST
Investigation of Spray Paint Vandalism of Plymouth Monuments Continuing
February 18, 2020, 18:13 EST
Joe-Joe-Joe Says No-No-No About Kennedy Name Enabling His U.S. Senate Run
February 17, 2020, 15:36 EST
Major Mass. Pike Project in Allston Needs Major Changes To Reduce Cost and Disruption, Pioneer Institute Says
February 14, 2020, 19:44 EST
No Path Forward for Elizabeth Warren’s Campaign for President, Political Scientists Say
February 12, 2020, 15:09 EST
Democratic Presidential Candidate Michael Bennet Breaks With Party, Supports School Choice, Charter Schools
February 10, 2020, 18:54 EST
GOP Presidential Candidate Joe Walsh Mysteriously Absent From His Own Campaign Events
February 6, 2020, 17:34 EST
Climate-Change Carbon-Emissions Fuel ‘Fee’ Would Whack Uber and Lyft Drivers
February 1, 2020, 20:24 EST
Gas Tax, Tolls, Illegal Immigration Among Priorities for Jay McMahon in Run for Massachusetts Senate
January 31, 2020, 16:38 EST
Sanctuary State Bill Opponents Say It Would Make Massachusetts Less Safe
January 25, 2020, 11:45 EST
Climate-Change Activists Like Baker’s Net-Zero Emissions Goal, But Skeptics Are Counting the Cost
January 23, 2020, 19:52 EST
Carbon-Emissions Fee on Gasoline Might Tank Regional Economy, Conservative Think Tanks Say
January 18, 2020, 0:38 EST
Support for Charlie Baker’s Carbon-Emissions Fee on Gasoline Nonexistent Among Republicans
January 17, 2020, 9:00 EST
What Sex Ed Bill Says All Massachusetts Public School Students Should Learn — Graphic Content Warning
January 16, 2020, 21:16 EST
Rent Control Supporters Dominate Beacon Hill Hearing – But Opponents Say It Would Help Few While Hurting Many
January 15, 2020, 8:20 EST
Once Rejected by Voters, Rent Control Back on the Table in Massachusetts
January 13, 2020, 17:12 EST
Elizabeth Warren Opted Against Paying Massachusetts’s Optional Higher Tax Rate
January 9, 2020, 20:02 EST
Warren, Sanders Don’t Need A Good Showing in New Hampshire — They Need To Win
January 3, 2020, 11:46 EST
Elizabeth Warren Shifts On Nuclear Power — No Longer Totally Against It, Apparently
December 21, 2019, 16:01 EST
Buy Trump Stuff? You Might Be Surprised How Many Massachusetts People Do
December 13, 2019, 17:45 EST
