GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

After several days of fielding criticism about the move behind the scenes, Gov. Maura Healey on Friday named the state's top hospital lobbyist to a position at the regulatory agency that oversees virtually all major health care decisions -- including those directly affecting his clients -- in Massachusetts.

We learn about the Trifest International Youth Film Festival that is currently accepting submissions and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.

Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal assembled a panel this week to highlight importance of Consumer Product Safety Commission, which he says is under attack by the Trump administration.

Residents and visitors to Great Barrington can now take a seat on a marble bench, next to a life-size statue of the post Civil War scholar W.E.B. Du Bois. Organizers who brought the bronze likeness of Du Bois to life hope it creates a new curiosity about the co-founder of the NAACP — one of the town's most famous native sons.

The cause of the Gabriel House fire that killed 10 assisted living residents in Fall River this month is officially "undetermined" because investigators cannot yet say whether the fatal fire was started by the electrical or mechanical failure of an oxygen machine in a resident's room, or instead by the improper disposal of smoking materials in that room, the state fire marshal said Tuesday.

Legislation filed by State Rep. Aaron Saunders aims to give other cities and towns a seat at the table

With thousands of Bay Staters expected to lose access to food assistance benefits under the federal megalaw, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey launched a task force to help Massachusetts navigate the massive SNAP cuts.

The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners said they have had to cut access to research databases without federal funding.

The deadly fire last Sunday that killed now 10 residents at an assisted living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, has lead to government officials ordering all 273 assisted living facilities in the state to send letters to residents and families detailing fire safety protocols, evacuation procedures and key points of contact.

We talk to NEPM President Matt Abramovitz to bring a local context to eliminated federal funding for public media, hear live music with Florence's Lucia Dostal and imbibe at Tip Top Wine Shop.