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Kim Janey faces both challenges and opportunities as acting mayor of Boston. For instance, the position gives her a unique platform to show she can run the city, potentially giving her an edge over other candidates if she decides in coming weeks to run for mayor. But there are also limits on an acting mayor's powers.

Over the years Fred Mudge has toted his tool kit to venues big, medium and small including TD Garden, Fenway Park, the House of Blues and the Berklee Performance Center. Since the pandemic, he hasn't set foot inside a music venue.

On Tuesday, Gov. Charlie Baker and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky toured the vaccination site at Hynes Convention Center in Boston.

A Simmons University student in one of 10 finalists in NPR's Student Podcast Challenge. NPR invited college students to submit an idea for a short podcast story.

In 2018, the government charged dozens of wealthy American parents with paying a total of $25 million in bribes to get their kids into selective colleges by having them pose as athletes or having ringers take the SAT for them. GBH's higher education reporter Kirk Carapezza speaks with Eric Rosen, the head of the federal team that uncovered the scandal.

Dr. Simone Wildes is an infectious disease expert at the South Shore Health network who also serves on Gov. Baker's COVID-19 vaccine advisory group. She joined WBUR Morning Edition host Bob Oakes to discuss the threat to Massachusetts.

Residents of Maine’s islands face unique hurdles in their efforts to get vaccinated, but a nonprofit is bringing doses out to them.

WBUR's Lisa Mullins speaks with author Sylvia True about her novel tracing mental illness, and the consequences of keeping it secret, through two generations of a family.

Governor Charlie Baker has signed a massive new climate change bill into law. It’s the most significant change to climate policy in the Commonwealth since 2008. GBH host Arun Rath speaks to WBUR environmental reporter Miriam Wasser about this historic legislation.

While many teachers are excited to return to something like normal, they also harbor anger and frustration about the politics of the past year.