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The state auditor is starting a ballot initiative to let voters decide whether the office has the power to audit the Legislature.

Actors are left without work opportunities, as they demand better pay and AI regulation.

The Massachusetts senator supports expanding the number of justices.

Comedian Jay Leno discussed his oddly fond memories of Massachusetts.

Massachusetts' first Black governor says it's necessary for Democrats to play "the long game."

Kimberlé Crenshaw says laws passed now will still stand in a century, and it's long past time to protect the teaching of Black history.

Today:Former Massachusetts public safety secretary Andrea Cabral discusses a federal judge holding the Trump administration in contempt over its defiance – The administration refuses to return a man wrongly deported to El Salvador.Then we talk about higher education with the College Uncovered podcast team, GBH’s Kirk Carapezza and the Hechinger Report’s Jon Marcus. Season 4 is out now.

Local woman Sue O'Connell hosts with Margery while Jim slithers somewhere in Cambridge. Political analyst and podcaster Chuck Todd is back for his Thursday D.C. news roundup.Former Suffolk County sheriff Andrea Cabral on the DOJ suit against Maine for its trans high school athletes laws. Plus, why a federal immigration judge denied bond for Rumeysa Ozturk.GBH education reporter Kirk Carapezza and The Hechinger's Report Jon Marcus join to celebrate the season four of “College Uncovered.”MIT economist Jon Gruber explains the trade war between the U.S. and China and why Trump’s 125% tariffs could make things a lot worse before they get better.

Today: National security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses the normalization of political violence; and calls for the Trump administration to show proof of life for the man wrongly deported to an El Salvador mega-prison.Michael Curry, CEO of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, discusses the health and medical impacts of the federal administration's decision to pause more than $2 billion in contracts and grants to Harvard.

Michael Curry joins via zoom to discuss the federal funding freeze impacts on medical research and healthcare in Mass, and Healey's budget request for cuts to mental health.Juliette Kayyem discusses the attack on PA Gov Josh Shapiro, and normalized violence; Harvard's defiance; plus, DHS staffers given lie detector tests over alleged leaks.Christopher Kimball discusses Milk Street's latest Italian cookbook "Backroads Italy"Boston Globe's Shirley Leung discusses the threats to Boston's biotech industry under Trump 2.0; and the families on child-care vouchers waiting more than a year for care.

Today:We check back in with local Black entrepreneurs Rose Staram and Ricardo Pierre Louis on today's environment for BIPOC-owned businesses -- both had secured major contracts two years ago when Boston hosted the NAACP’s national convention. And, legendary filmmakers Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein discuss their six-part, 12 hour docu-series coming this fall: “The American Revolution"