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Morning Rundown: Why Baker Isn't Worried About State Troopers Quitting Over Vaccination; Masks Up In Schools Until At Least Nov. 1

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Urgent Calls For Supervised Drug Consumption At State House Hearing

Doctors, drug users, parents who’ve lost children to an overdose and street outreach workers repeatedly urged lawmakers on Monday to launch a pilot of two or more supervised drug consumption...

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Gov. Charlie Baker during a June press conference. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Baker Not Fazed By Vax Mandate’s Workforce Impacts

With less than a month until his vaccination mandate for state employees takes effect, Gov. Charlie Baker said Monday he was not worried about creating staffing shortages at the State...

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Ellison M. "Tarzan" Brown, a 22-year-old a member of Rhode Island's Narragansett tribe, breaks the tape to win the 1936 Boston Marathon. (File photo/AP)

Boston Marathon Will Pay Tribute To 2-Time Indigenous Champion

The Boston Athletic Association, which administers the marathon, said Monday it will honor the legacy of the late Ellison “Tarzan” Brown, Boston's champion in 1936 and 1939, in the run-up...

Sep 27, 2021

Consider This: Families And Advocates Pushing State To Reckon With Past Abuse At Mental Institutions

Families and advocates of formerly institutionalized patients dealing with mental illness and disabilities are pushing the state to reckon with the abuses many patients endured.

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Checking The Score: Boston Teams Go Plunk

We recap a disappointing weekend for Boston sports fans and look ahead to a huge showdown at Gillette Stadium next weekend with Radio Boston's Chris Citorik.

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Sep 27, 2021

City Councillor Andrea Campbell answers a question during the Boston Mayoral Debate at WBUR’s CitySpace. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

City Councilor Andrea Campbell Reflects Back On Her Run For Mayor of Boston

Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell was one of those candidates. She joins us for her first public conversation since the preliminary election nearly two weeks ago.

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17:24Sep 27, 2021

On a one-mile stretch between Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard in Boston, it's not uncommon to witness people using drugs. Here, we’ve digitally blurred this person’s face to prevent identification. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Sheriff Proposes Involuntarily Committing People Living At Mass And Cass For Treatment

Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins has been watching the tents go up around Mass and Cass with dismay, and now he has his own idea for how to address the...

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21:18Sep 27, 2021

Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins on Mass and Cass

Plus, we speak with former mayoral candidate, City Councilor Andrea Campbell, in her first public interview since the election.

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48:01Sep 27, 2021

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in Malden. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Mass. Extends School Mask Mandate Through October

The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in August authorized Commissioner Jeff Riley to require masks for students age 5 and up and school staff through at least Oct. 1,...

Sep 27, 2021

American punk rock group The Ramones. Left to right: Johnny Ramone (1948 - 2004) Tommy Ramone (1949-2014), Joey Ramone (1951 - 2001) and Dee Dee Ramone (1952 - 2002). (Roberta Bayley/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Johnny Ramone's Guitar Sells For Over $900,000 At Auction

The 1965 Mosrite Ventures II electric guitar was played by Johnny Ramone on all 15 Ramones albums and at nearly 2,000 live performances.

Sep 27, 2021

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In this March 3, 2021, file photo, pharmacist Madeline Acquilano draws a syringe of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Conn. (Jessica Hill/AP File)

Week In Review: COVID, Local Politics, And Mass And Cass

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47:39Sep 24, 2021

Mass And Cass And The Businesses At The Intersection

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09:30Sep 23, 2021

Former Boston chief of economic development John Barros answers a question during the Boston Mayoral Debate at WBUR’s CitySpace. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Former Mayoral Candidate John Barros On Boston's Future

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15:20Sep 23, 2021

U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback look on as Haitian migrants sit on the river bank near an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande in Del Rio, Texas, on Sept. 19. (Paul Ratje/Getty Images)

State Leaders Condemn Biden Administration's Treatment Of Haitian Refugees

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Ombudsman Overseeing Mass. Prisons' COVID Mitigation Efforts Is Fired

Seth Peters was placed on paid administrative leave last week after WBUR asked the Massachusetts Department of Correction if he was the same man involved in a 2012 lawsuit. The...

Sep 27, 2021

A commuter rail train arrives at Back Bay Station. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

9 Hurt After Escalator Malfunctioned And Flattened Into 'A Slide' At Back Bay Station

The escalator from the platform up to the street-level lobby at the Back Bay Station malfunctioned at about 6 p.m. Sunday, according to a statement from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation...

Sep 27, 2021

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Boston Fed President To Retire Earlier Than Planned

Eric Rosengren was scheduled to retire in June of next year, but said he moved the date up because of a worsening kidney condition.

Sep 27, 2021

Morning Rundown: Ideas For Tackling The Opioid Epidemic; This New Ferry Service Starts Running In Boston Today

This is an excerpt from WBUR's daily morning newsletter, WBUR Today. Each weekday morning, you'll get in your inbox the top five local and national news stories of the day,...

Sep 27, 2021

Bisa Butler, "To God and Truth," 2019. (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts Boston)

15 Art Exhibits Worth Exploring This Fall

From a meditative series of geometric paintings inspired by breathing to an exhibit exploring the quilting tradition, visual arts writer Pam Reynolds recommends exhibits worth venturing into public.

Sep 27, 2021

The scene on Atkinson Street of people experiencing homelessness and substance use disorders waiting outside of the entrance of the Southampton Street Shelter early on a Monday morning. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Sheriff Proposes Committing People Living At Mass And Cass To A Re-Purposed Detention Center

The state is facing a lawsuit over using correctional facilities to house men who are civilly committed. Those who filed the lawsuit call Tompkins proposal "horrifying."

Sep 26, 2021

Acting Mayor Kim Janey said she’s backing Michelle Wu over Annissa Essaibi George in Boston's upcoming mayoral election. (Photo of Wu by Jesse Costa/WBUR. Photo of Janey by Elise Amendola/AP)

Acting Mayor Janey Endorses Wu Over Essaibi George In Boston Mayoral Final

With 38 days left until Boston's mayoral election, Acting Mayor Kim Janey said she’s backing Michelle Wu over Annissa Essaibi George in the battle for the top job in City...

Sep 25, 2021

Tom and Ray Magliozzi inside WBUR's studios. (Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

'Car Talk' Ends Its Radio Run. Here's What Ray Magliozzi Hopes You'll Remember

"Car Talk" launched as a local show on WBUR in 1977, with brothers Tom and Ray Magliozzi behind the microphones. Now, the show will be released twice a week as...

06:58Sep 25, 2021

Jean Alfred Sandaire waves a Haitian national flag and a Black Lives Matter flag during the Solidarity with Haiti demonstration at John F. Kennedy Federal Building in Downtown Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

PHOTOS: Hundreds Of Bostonians Protest In Solidarity With Haiti

Demonstrators gathered Friday outside the JFK Federal Building in Boston to denounce the Biden Administration's policy of sending some Haitian migrants back to the island nation.

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Morning Rundown: Why Baker Isn't Worried About State Troopers Quitting Over Vaccination; Masks Up In Schools Until At Least Nov. 1

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Urgent Calls For Supervised Drug Consumption At State House Hearing

Baker Not Fazed By Vax Mandate’s Workforce Impacts

Boston Marathon Will Pay Tribute To 2-Time Indigenous Champion

Consider This: Families And Advocates Pushing State To Reckon With Past Abuse At Mental Institutions

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Checking The Score: Boston Teams Go Plunk

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Sheriff Proposes Involuntarily Committing People Living At Mass And Cass For Treatment

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Johnny Ramone's Guitar Sells For Over $900,000 At Auction

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Week In Review: COVID, Local Politics, And Mass And Cass

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Former Mayoral Candidate John Barros On Boston's Future

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State Leaders Condemn Biden Administration's Treatment Of Haitian Refugees

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Boston Fed President To Retire Earlier Than Planned

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15 Art Exhibits Worth Exploring This Fall

Sheriff Proposes Committing People Living At Mass And Cass To A Re-Purposed Detention Center

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Morning Rundown: Why Baker Isn't Worried About State Troopers Quitting Over Vaccination; Masks Up In Schools Until At Least Nov. 1

Urgent Calls For Supervised Drug Consumption At State House Hearing

Baker Not Fazed By Vax Mandate’s Workforce Impacts

Boston Marathon Will Pay Tribute To 2-Time Indigenous Champion

Consider This: Families And Advocates Pushing State To Reckon With Past Abuse At Mental Institutions

Checking The Score: Boston Teams Go Plunk

City Councilor Andrea Campbell Reflects Back On Her Run For Mayor of Boston

Sheriff Proposes Involuntarily Committing People Living At Mass And Cass For Treatment

Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins on Mass and Cass

Mass. Extends School Mask Mandate Through October

Johnny Ramone's Guitar Sells For Over $900,000 At Auction

Week In Review: COVID, Local Politics, And Mass And Cass

Mass And Cass And The Businesses At The Intersection

Former Mayoral Candidate John Barros On Boston's Future

State Leaders Condemn Biden Administration's Treatment Of Haitian Refugees

Ombudsman Overseeing Mass. Prisons' COVID Mitigation Efforts Is Fired

9 Hurt After Escalator Malfunctioned And Flattened Into 'A Slide' At Back Bay Station

Boston Fed President To Retire Earlier Than Planned

Morning Rundown: Ideas For Tackling The Opioid Epidemic; This New Ferry Service Starts Running In Boston Today

15 Art Exhibits Worth Exploring This Fall

Sheriff Proposes Committing People Living At Mass And Cass To A Re-Purposed Detention Center

Acting Mayor Janey Endorses Wu Over Essaibi George In Boston Mayoral Final

'Car Talk' Ends Its Radio Run. Here's What Ray Magliozzi Hopes You'll Remember

PHOTOS: Hundreds Of Bostonians Protest In Solidarity With Haiti