Massachusetts State Representative Jon Santiago has officially entered the race to be the next mayor of Boston. He joins us to talk about why he decided to run and what he sees as the most important issues facing the city.

Riley will ask members of the state's Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to authorize him to move forward with this plan at a meeting next month.

State lawmakers on a new legislative oversight committee are preparing to ask Gov. Charlie Baker and Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders about the website crash, and other issues with the state's vaccine rollout, at a public hearing on Thursday.

Plus, Massachusetts State Rep. Jon Santiago officially enters the race to be the next mayor of Boston.

We take listener calls with Dr. Helen Boucher of Tufts Medical Center and Dr. Davidson Hamer of Boston University.

We size up what happened in Texas, and take listener calls about our own energy grid.

We discuss the shortcomings of Massachusetts vaccine rollout and the fallout from the second Senate acquittal for former President Donald Trump.

If you are one of the estimated one million newly eligible vaccine recipients and logged on to the state's website to book an appointment Thursday morning, you would have seen an error message.

Plus, as part of our Black History Month coverage, we explore the Black experience in Boston by speaking with three professionals in the private sector.