Matthew Medsger
Matthew Medsger is a Boston Herald reporter covering politics and the State House, or anything else which may occur. Matthew also reported on the environment and science at the Nashua Telegraph and crime at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Matthew walked into a recruiter's office in Pittsburgh, on Sept. 12, 2001, was stationed in Massachusetts in 2003, and never managed to successfully leave. Matthew studied communications and philosophy at UMass Lowell and will argue with anyone, about anything, for free. You can begin the argument @matthew_medsger
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Biden hammers Trump on abortion in new ad, Trump fires back on immigration
"I’m running to make Roe v. Wade the law of the land again. So women have a federal guarantee to the right to choose. Donald Trump doesn’t trust women. I...
Trump and Biden rematch ‘too close to call’ according to recent polls
Biden leads former President Donald Trump by just two points — 44% to 42% — according to a Morning Consult poll of more than 6,000 registered voters released Tuesday, but...
$4B housing bill worries some local officials, is a ‘necessity’ others say
The proposal, according to testimony heard by the Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets on Tuesday, would allow for the creation of 40,000 new homes and the...
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Lawmakers take spending bill talks behind closed doors
Members of the joint committee appointed to match the Senate’s $863 million plan to House’s $245 million proposal met at the State House on Monday, when the committee's leaders both...
Samaritans mark 50 years of life saving services
From their start in a cramped basement in at the Arlington Street Church, over the last five decades the Samaritans have answered “more than 3 million calls, texts and chats"...
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Unions close Boylston Street, say protests could continue through Marathon Day
Joined by state and city officials, local unions closed off Boylston Street for more than an hour in the middle of the lunch-time rush on Monday, to protest construction efforts...
Biden, Trump offer strikingly different Easter messages
Former President Donald Trump’s first message of the day was a reminder to his supporters to “never forget our cowards and weaklings.”
Parts of Massachusetts have a 50-50 shot at seeing a foot of snow this week
“There is some possibility for some significant snow,” NWS Meteorologist Torry Dooley told the Herald.
Healey holds firm on MCAS and evidence-based reading, despite pushback
The governor, despite endorsement by the teachers union during her election, said that sometimes she and the group will have to disagree.
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‘Blasphemous’: Transgender visibility declaration sparks outrage
While the Transgender Day of Visibility is not new — the event has been held annually by international human rights advocates since 2009 — this year March 31 happened to...