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Recent segments

DiZoglio can hire a special AG in standoff with Legislature, Campbell says

The move comes a year and a half after voters gave the auditor the authority to audit the House and Senate.

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Wu pushes back on GOP candidate who says Boston housing plan will create ‘the next slum’

Mike Minogue, the leading Republican candidate for governor, panned Boston's office-to-residential conversions.

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UN official: Children in Lebanon bear the brunt of humanitarian crisis

Imran Riza, deputy special coordinator and humanitarian coordinator for Lebanon at the United Nations, discusses the humanitarian situation there ahead of direct talks between Israeli and Lebanese officials.

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John Kerry tells GBH that Iran war has been a ‘long-held dream’ of Netanyahu

The former U.S. Secretary of State and Massachusetts senator forged the 2015 nuclear nonproliferation deal with Iran that President Trump pulled out of.

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Healey worries Trump trying to ‘weaponize’ federal government ahead of 2026 election

The governor dismissed the idea of voter fraud in Massachusetts, a day after federal prosecutors launched a new team to investigate it.

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AG sees ‘pathway forward’ to audit state Legislature

Massachusetts’ attorney general believes her office and the auditor’s office are closer to agreeing on a way forward with the prolonged audit fight.

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Margery Eagan

Margery Eagan is the co-host of 89.7 WGBH’s midday program Boston Public Radio. She has worked with co-host Jim Braude for 18 years, first doing a TV show together at NECN then a radio show at WTKK. The duo came to WGBH in 2013.

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Jim Braude

Jim Braude

Jim Braude

Jim Braude is the co-host of Boston Public Radio.During law school, Jim ran a small retail business in Provincetown (HUBE - Help Us Break Even!). He started his professional career as a legal services lawyer in the South Bronx handling housing and prisoners’ rights cases. He was the founder and first president of the National Organization of Legal Services Workers, a union representing staff in civil legal offices for the poor in 35 states. NOLSW helped lead the fight to preserve the national program when President Reagan proposed its abolition.

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