Winter is a season when the swirling snow drift seems to be sending mixed messages: Beware the biting wind! Look how pretty it is out here! What to do?

Now that the state has reached its self-imposed cap on families in the shelter system, newly arrived migrants are running out of places to stay.

WBUR's Miriam Wasser, and Mary Knittle, of the Worcester Community Action Council, explain what we can expect from energy prices this winter, and how to apply for heating assistance if you need it.

WBUR education reporter Max Larkin joins Radio Boston to talk about how the Israel-Hamas war is reverberating on college campuses.

Radio Boston checks in with Nathalie Lecorps, the owner and head chef at Gourmet Kreyol, about her mission to feed Haitian migrants in Massachusetts.

Thanksgiving is next week, and things can get pretty stressful. Chef Joe Gatto joins us to share tips on how to make the holiday more fun, and manageable.

The effort to put rent control on the ballot next fall failed after advocates couldn't get enough signatures. We speak with state Rep. Mike Connolly and Boston Globe reporter Catherine Carlock about what could be next for the campaign.

Tomorrow will mark 100 years since tenor soloist Roland Hayes sang at the Boston Symphony Orchestra. It was the first time a Black performer at appeared in front of the BSO. We learn more about his legacy and what it means for classical music today.

Thursday, the number of households in the state emergency shelter system hit a new cap of 7,500 families set by Gov. Maura Healey. Radio Boston hears the latest from WBUR's Gabrielle Emanuel, plus learns what the need for housing looks like now from the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Catholic Charities.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has a new leader, from inside its ranks. Monica Tibbits-Nutt has officially been appointed to the position, after nearly two months serving as the department’s interim secretary and chief executive.