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"Money is the mother's milk of politics" is an old phrase that is still true today. In fact, money might be more important in the age of COVID-19. The pandemic has put an end to many forms of traditional campaigning. Most people wouldn't appreciate a candidate knocking on their door these days. Large events are not currently allowed. Even a small gathering of a campaign's key volunteers would be a risky endeavor. Candidates are going to have to buy the time to communicate with the voters this cycle. Here are the amounts in some of the political campaign accounts of officials elected in the ci...

Two more state lawmakers have told Treasurer Deborah Goldberg that they will not be accepting the $4,280 raise in annual salary due to legislators for the new session, bringing the total number of lawmakers who have rejected the money to four.

New Bedford Neighborhood COVID Testing to Continue Walk-up, free, neighborhood-based COVID-19 testing conducted by Seven Hills Behavioral Health will continue in New Bedford through the end of March, instead of closing down on January 15, the city's Beacon Hill delegation announced. Since July, Seven Hills has offered COVID testing at 754 Brock Avenue and 350 Coggeshall Street. The health center was selected by the state's COVID-19 Command Center to provide testing in the cities of Fall River and New Bedford as part of the Stop the Spread Initiative. However, in December, state lawmaker...