Between soaring housing costs and a beleaguered public transportation system, there's no shortage of crises facing Massachusetts. But the commonwealth has one of the least efficient, least productive state governments in the U.S, writes Miles Howard. He thinks a formal review of the Legislature would help.

Bella Abzug is the focus of a new episode of PBS’s “American Masters.” Shane Snowdon says the attention is long overdue -- she worked with the politician and activist once named one of the 20 most influential women in the world.