Governor Maura Healey joins us to talk about the ways that Massachusetts is competitive right now, and how to make the state, all around, more attractive to new workers, businesses, and industries.
State and federal pandemic measures have now ended. So what's next for the Commonwealth? We take stock of the last three, and look ahead to the next with WBUR's Steve Brown, Carrie Jung, and Priyanka Dayal McCluskey.
Lee Zangari is WBUR's favorite from NPR's 2022 Tiny Desk Contest local entries. And they will be playing tonight, with their mountain dulcimer, at WBUR's City Space. We sat down with Lee and WBUR arts and culture reporter Amelia Mason this week to talk about music and their growth as an artist.
Boston is just over 40 square miles, but when you walk two miles from Back Bay to Roxbury's Nubian Square, your life expectancy could drop by roughly 23 years. Those are some of the findings released today from the Boston Public Health Commission. We tap in with WBUR's Martha Bebinger about the findings.
Two bills that aim to further close gender and racial pay gap got a hearing on Tuesday in front of the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development. We take a look at the proposals with advocates, and take stock of what further needs to be done to close those gaps.