2023 means a major shakeup in Massachusetts state government and politics. Two-term Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey is preparing to replace outgoing two-term Republican Governor Charlie Baker. Healey has been naming cabinet officials and working with incoming Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll to staff up the administration. Massachusetts also has a new attorney general and state auditor on the way, and Democrats held overwhelming majorities on Beacon Hill after November’s midterms. For a preview we speak with Matt Murphy of State House News.
On Jan. 2 Pittsfield, Massachusetts will swear-in its first new mayor in almost a decade. City Council President Peter Marchetti won November’s election over...
State and local health officials have had a bruising couple of years in New York, where COVID-19, monkeypox and poliovirus have all demanded acute...
In this post-election, post-World Series moment, the intersection of baseball and politics nearly a century ago is the subject of a lecture this week...