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Gov. Baker doesn't call it a tax, but 'in effect, it acts like a tax.'

"This is a $100 million lawsuit that he filed against Trayvon Martin's family," Crossley said. "It doesn't make any sense to me. Maybe he wants some attention."

The billionaire has told staff at Bloomberg News not to do investigations into any Democrat running for president.

Superintendent Brenda Cassellius joined Boston Public Radio to discuss the state of Boston Public Schools.

On Friday, actors Emilio Delgado and Gisela Chipe, who are starring in "Quixote Nuevo," joined Boston Public Radio for their weekly news quiz.

The former Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety called the emails from Sheriff Hodgson "cringeworthy and obsequious."

Today:Ambassador Nicholas Burns was the United States’ top diplomat in China under the Biden administration. He discusses Trump’s tariffs, and international diplomacy writ large.Then we get listener reaction to news that another family feud is brewing at Market Basket, more than a decade after CEO Arthur T DeMoulas garnered massive community support in the last brouhaha over his business model and shareholder profit.

BPR Full Show 5/29: Market Basket Drama

Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses the State Department ordering a pause on all student visas, the Heritage Foundation's plan to stifle pro-Palestinian speech, and updates on the killing of two Israeli Embassy aides in Washington, DC.Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joins for Ask The Mayor.Naturalist and author Sy Montgomery discusses a Florida woman who rescued a tangled shark and how one Chicago building made a simple change to stop birds from crashing into its windows. Massachusetts Governor's Council member Mara Dolan calls in to discuss the public defender work stoppage.

Today:Greg Weiner, President of Assumption University, argues Trump has a point about liberal campus ideology. And Rick Steves joins for a conversation about the importance of immersing yourself in other cultures.

BPR Full Show 5/27: Trump Vs. Massachusetts