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When your utility buys its power has a lot to do with the price spikes you're seeing.

WBUR's Morning Edition host Rupa Shenoy was joined now by Dr. Ofer Levy, a pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases at Boston Children's Hospital and a member of the FDA COVID vaccine advisory panel.

Even though visual signs of the pandemic are wearing off at Brockton's East Middle School, the reality of learning setbacks is still driving a lot of decisions by school leaders.

Boston University President Robert Brown will step down at the end of the academic year, ending his 18-year tenure running the school.

While there were no big surprises in the state's gubernatorial primaries, several other races brought unexpected results.

A decade ago, Massachusetts began a novel experiment in health care cost control. The results have been mixed. Health care spending has grown less rapidly — yet consumers and businesses are still grappling with higher prices each year.

Prices were up 7% in Greater Boston this July compared to last year, adding to the challenge for families buying supplies for the new school year.

There's just one more day of campaigning before Tuesday's primary election. WBUR's political reporter Anthony Brooks joins Morning Edition for a closer look.

Donald Trump is throwing his weight behind Geoff Diehl. Maura Healey is preparing for November. And Chris Doughty is appealing to "the exhausted middle." Here's how the gubernatorial candidates are closing out the Massachusetts primary.

A coalition of groups called Olmsted Now is distributing grants to projects that change the way people perceive who’s welcome in parks. The effort is in honor of the 200th birthday of Frederick Olmsted, who designed Boston’s 7-mile-long Emerald Necklace and thought high quality parks should be open and available to all.