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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss her approach to policing outdoor drug use in the South End amidst growing concern over violence and disorder in some parts of the neighborhood.

Boston City Councilor John FitzGerald wants neighboring cities and towns to do more to help Boston fund mental health and addiction resources.

Small public radio stations around Massachusetts are working to find new revenue after the loss of millions in federal funding. Congress voted earlier this month to cut 1.1 billion dollars in money allocated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

While Boston's two NPR affiliates — GBH and WBUR — get the most money, a half dozen smaller stations also rely on Corporation for Public Broadcasting grants for their music and local affairs programming.

A recent federal probe and New York Times investigation found surgeons in some U.S. states faced pressure to remove organs from patients for transplantation, even as those patients cried and showed other signs of life.

One of the ICE agents behind the high-profile New Bedford raid spoke to WBUR's All Things Considered about where the immigration system stands almost two decades later.

This weekend is the annual Lowell Folk Festival and local lauoto player Vasilis Kostas will be playing. The lauoto is an eight-string, long necked instrument also called the Greek lute. Kostas joined WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about his journey as a musician ahead of the festival.

Zia’s arrest is the latest case of federal authorities detaining immigrants with legal status during immigration check-ins. Lawmakers call the detainment of those who helped U.S. troops at war a betrayal.

“It's putting the public in jeopardy. It's putting firefighters in jeopardy,” said Rich MacKinnon, president of Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts, which surveyed 182 unionized fire departments across the state.

Boston Globe reporter Billy Baker, who's been following the story since 2023, joins WBUR's Morning Edition to share what he's learned about the deaths.