WBUR Up Next

With two major spending bills working their way through Congress, we talk with Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey about what's at stake, and to try to shed some light on all the political calculus going on behind the scenes.

How can we address the wrongs of the past, and invest in the future we want to see? We talk to Makeeba McCreary.

Plus, we check in with Boston mayoral candidate Annissa Essaibi-George.

WBUR and Radio Boston will join WCVB, The Boston Globe, and the McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies at UMass Boston to bring you a debate among the major candidates on Thursday, September 9th.

How mobile vaccine clinics are racing against the clock to reach the unvaccinated.

Prices of homes in Massachusetts continues to reach new highs despite the pandemic and a slow economic recovery. We discuss the current state of the market with a roundtable of real estate experts.

The $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package has a lot in it — and potentially a lot for Massachusetts. Sen. Ed Markey's office says the state would receive about $8 billion to improve highways and public transit should the bill pass the House.

Plus, the push to vaccinate young people in Lawrence through mobile vaccine clinics at nightclubs.

August is the best time to see the Perseid meteor shower, as our planet crosses the path of the Comet Swift-Tuttle.

With the start of school right around the corner, districts are weighing whether or not to require teachers and staff get vaccinated before entering classrooms. We hear from Boston Teachers Union President Jessica Tang and WBUR education reporter Carrie Jung.