In 2012, Massachusetts created the Health Policy Commission to help lower healthcare spending in the commonwealth.The results of its decade-long efforts are mixed.

We dive into the week's biggest headlines with Charlie Chieppo, senior fellow at the Pioneer Institute, and Susan Tracy, president of local public relations firm The Strategy Group.

Plus, the Boston Kizomba Festival will host a dance competition, DJ workshops and dance parties all weekend long.

Youth writers share the city through their eyes.

Plus, a judge on Thursday ordered the Boston Police Department to unseal all documents related to a 17-year-old sexual assault case involving DA candidate Ricardo Arroyo.

We get the latest on what's happening with the Suffolk County district attorney race with Michael Curry, president and CEO of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, and Lisa Kashinsky, a reporter for Politico and the author of the Massachusetts Playbook.

Plus, we meet Lambert Givens, the Boston-based chef that recently won a challenge on the Food Network show Beat Bobby Flay.

We meet Lambert Givens, a former college football player turned professional chef.

Congressman Seth Moulton and former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Jim Aloisi discuss the Federal Transit Administration's final report on major safety issues facing the MBTA.

Plus, we hear from experts about a teacher shortage in Massachusetts and efforts to recruit teachers of color, in particular.