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In a close presidential race, getting out the vote means getting out of Mass.
https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/10/28/massachusetts-volunteers-pennsylvania-election
Published: October 29, 2024 12:42
Vice President Kamala Harris can count on carrying Massachusetts. That's why some of the state's Democrats are canvassing in states like Pennsylvania, where the polls are too close to call.
Mayor Michelle Wu explains deal avert a tax spike for homeowners
https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/10/29/residential-commercial-property-taxes-home-rule-boston
Published: October 29, 2024 11:10
Mayor Michelle Wu joined WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about the tax shift compromise and what it means for residential and commercial property owners.
Stocking vending machines with needles and Narcan to curb overdose deaths
https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/10/28/vending-machines-overdose-deaths-massachusetts
Published: October 28, 2024 22:46
Groups trying to reduce overdose deaths and the spread of infectious diseases are replacing chips and soda in vending machines with sterile needles, pipes, wound care kits, Narcan and fentanyl test strips. The machines make life-saving supplies available…
State Sen. Lydia Edwards works to get out the vote for Harris in a battleground state
https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/10/28/pennsylvania-massachusetts-democrats-lydia-edwards-held-ballots
Published: October 28, 2024 13:54
State Sen. Lydia Edwards, of Boston, is among the Massachusetts Democrats working to get the vote out for Vice President Kamala Harris in battleground states. Edwards spoke with WBUR's Weekend Edition as she began her second day of voter outreach in…
Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler talks Question 2
https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/10/28/mcas-graduation-requirement-patrick-tutwiler
Published: October 28, 2024 13:12
Question 2 proposes eliminating MCAS as a high school graduate requirement in publicly funded schools. Massachusetts Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler joins WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about why he is against the measure.
Salem Mayor predicts another record-breaking year of Halloween tourism
https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/10/25/salem-massachusetts-halloween-tourism-visitors
Published: October 25, 2024 11:30
Mayor Dominick Pangallo joins WBUR's Morning Edition host Tiziana Dearing to talk about how Halloween tourism is both a the blessing and a curse for Salem.
Radioactive water continues to be a flashpoint in cleanup of Pilgrim nuclear site
https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/10/24/pilgrim-holtec-radiactive-wastewater-cape-cod-bay
Published: October 24, 2024 09:52
Holtec's plan to discharge nearly a million gallons of radioactive wastewater into Cape Cod Bay has become a contentious dispute in the cleanup of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth. Opponents say Holtec is choosing the cheapest option and…
Without a shot fired: How the long battle to build a Cape Cod machine gun range ended
https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/10/18/battle-to-build-cape-cod-machine-gun-range-ended
Published: October 23, 2024 11:29
For more than a dozen years, the Massachusetts Army National Guard has been fighting to build a machine gun range on Joint Base Cape Cod. But in the past month, the project seems to have collapsed. So how did that happen, is it really over – and what…
What to know about the Celtics' new season and the quest for Banner 19
https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/10/22/boston-celtics-season-opener-banner-19-knicks-newsletter
Published: October 22, 2024 12:58
The Boston Celtics tip off their first game of the 2024-25 season tonight against the New York Knicks. NBC Sports Boston reporter Abby Chin joined WBUR’s Morning Edition for a preview of what to expect, from Kristaps Porzingis' return timeline to the…
The perils and promises driving migrants to Massachusetts
https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/10/21/boston-haiti-immigration-darien-gap-family-shelters
Published: October 21, 2024 09:52
Amid the gang violence and lawlessness consuming Haiti — and American politicians casting a spotlight on the flow of migrants from the island nation — WBUR set out to learn how the latest newcomers to Massachusetts are faring in a state that’s now asking…
Young athletes compete on the final day of the Head of the Charles
https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/10/20/head-of-the-charles-young-athletes
Published: October 20, 2024 14:36
"They are incredibly nervous...I always try and tell our athletes..nerves are good..."