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Campbell says unexpected "junk fees" are a major affordability issue for consumers.

MBTA General Manager Phil Eng said progress is being made despite continuing negative press about problems he inherited.

MIT economist Jon Gruber explains the risks and benefits of buying a home.

Six-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter James Taylor is performing at a fundraiser for President Joe Biden on Tuesday in Boston.

Heather Cox Richardson discusses her latest book "Democracy Awakening."

The Boston Pops will be performing with Tanglewood Festival Chorus led by James Burton.

The Boston Lyric Opera's 80th anniversary production of "Carousel" starts tonight, and brings the beloved show back to its beginnings at the historic Colonial Theater – in 1945.We speak with Boston Lyric Opera CEO Bradley Vernatter, director and visionary Anne Bogart, and Boston Foundation's Lee Pelton, making his theatrical debut. Plus, performances from Chelsea Basler, Brendan Shapiro, and Mary Kray.

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Today:We talk with lawyer, former Suffolk County Sheriff, Andrea Cabral about the administration’s attack on law firms … Plus, the unprecedented detention of a defendant mid-trial.And, former education secretary Paul Reville discusses the Trump administration clawing back $106 million in unspent COVID funds to Mass. schools.

Today:Yale's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld discusses Trump's tariff plan; and the CEO response to this presidential administration.And, naturalist and author Sy Montgomery brings us the latest headlines from the non-human world: Urban spiders weaving noise cancellation into their webs, and octopuses escaping sharks by hitching a ride on their heads.