The town of Winthrop and the greater Boston community is mourning the deaths today of two people who served this country, and whose lives were ended in a horrific act of violence this weekend.

Plus, we discuss how to prepare for the second heat wave of the summer.

We take listener calls in our Week In Review with Charlie Chieppo, a senior fellow at the Pioneer Institute and principal of Chieppo Strategies, and Marie-Frances Rivera, President of the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center.

We discuss Boston and state budget battles with our Week In Review guests. Later, we check in on Boston sports.

We Check the Score and get the latest on Boston sports with Radio Boston's Chris Citorik.

This week, the Massachusetts Sheriffs' Association announced that they'd make the first 10 minutes of phone calls from county jails free every week, and standardize the cost of each minute after to a maximum of 14 cents.

Plus, we're joined by Boston Public Schools Superintendent Brenda Cassellius.

What we're looking for as the race for Governor heats up in Massachusetts.

Boston Public Schools Superintendent Cassellius joins us for a check in as the school year closes out. We then turn to WBUR's Max Larkin for analysis.

A special hour of Radio Boston spent discussing life in 2021 with local members of the LGBTQ community.