
Nik DeCosta-Klipa is a senior editor for newsletters at WBUR.
Nik wakes up early each morning to write WBUR's flagship newsletter, WBUR Today. He runs the day-to-day of all things email. He joined WBUR in 2022 from Boston.com, where he was a staff writer covering local news, politics, and transportation. Nik holds bachelor's degrees in journalism and politics from Ithaca College.
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Massachusetts to offer discounted electric rates to heat pump owners this winter
Massachusetts is set to offer customers of all three of the state's utilities — Eversource, National Grid and Unitil — discounted electric rates this winter if they have installed a...

Why Beacon Hill leaders say the public defender strike has been hard to resolve
Beacon Hill leaders say the two-month labor dispute with the group of public defenders known as bar advocates has been especially hard to crack.

The controversy over Massachusetts' big highway rest stop makeover plan
Waltham-based Global Partners filed a formal complaint with the State Ethics Commission after MassDOT selected the Irish company Applegreen to renovate and operate 18 highway rest stops.

Fenway Park concession workers plan to strike Friday if no deal is reached
The union representing Fenway Park's food, beverage and souvenir vendors says it will strike during the Red Sox weekend series against the Los Angeles Dodgers if no deal is reached...

How smaller public radio stations across Massachusetts are navigating the loss of federal funds
While Boston's two NPR affiliates — GBH and WBUR — get the most money, a half dozen smaller stations also rely on Corporation for Public Broadcasting grants for their music...
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From Harvard to Planned Parenthood, here's a recap of Boston federal court's busy Monday
Lawyers for the Trump administration sparred with Harvard, Planned Parenthood and the American Association of University Professors on Monday at Boston's Moakley Courthouse over funding, free speech and more.

Here's where Boston's first office-to-apartment conversions are being built
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said more than 140 new housing units are now under construction thanks to the city's pilot program to turn under-utilized office space into rental apartments —...

Mass. advocates blast ending of special 988 hotline for LGBTQ+ youth
The Trump administration is eliminating the 988 suicide prevention hotline's "press 3" option for LGBTQ+ youth on Thursday to "focus on serving all help seekers." Rep. Seth Moulton, who helped...

Worcester considers a Zohran Mamdani-sparked idea: City-run grocery stores
The Worcester City Council passed a measure Tuesday ordering a study on the "feasibility of creative grocery store solutions," like municipally-owned grocery stores, after the idea garnered national attention thanks...

Boston wants a WNBA team. But it may not be such an 'easy layup'
Fans, investors and local elected officials are all interested in bringing a WNBA team to Boston. But with the league's expansion plan set through 2030 and the Connecticut Sun hoping...