The Healey era begins

A woman holds her right hand up and places her left on a Bible as she listens to another woman read from a sheet of paper. Two other people watch the ceremony. — Maura Healey, center right, is sworn in as Massachusetts governor by state Senate President Karen Spilka, left, as Kim Driscoll, right, looks on during inauguration ceremonies, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, at the Statehouse, in Boston.

Adam Reilly is a politics reporter and the host of GBH’s Talking Politics. Questions? Feedback? Story ideas? Email Adam at adam_reilly@wgbh.org.

January 06, 2023

Updated August 28, 2023

After two months as governor-elect, Maura Healey finally has the job outright — and in her inaugural speech and subsequent shindig, she highlighted the policies she'll pursue and demonstrated the sensibility she'll bring to the corner office.

Adam Reilly unpacks the week's lessons with GBH News' Katie Lannan and the Boston Globe's Samantha Gross.

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Later, Reilly talks with Axios' Mike Deehan and lawyer and First Amendment specialist Robert Bertsche about Healey's promise to fully subject the governor's office to state public records law — a commitment that could yield unprecedented insights into the highest levels of state government, but may also be more limited than it initially seems.

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