Andrea Perdomo-Hernandez

1 week ago | wbur.org | Nik DeCosta-Klipa |Andrea Perdomo-Hernandez

The most disruptive roadway project of the 2025 construction season in Massachusetts is set to begin this weekend. The state's Department of Transportation is planning to reduce a stretch of I-90 through Newton and Weston by the I-95 interchange down to one lane in each direction during two upcoming weekends, so that crews can replace a bridge that carries the highway over train tracks. Officials say the lane closures could lead to major backups.

1 week ago | wbur.org | Katie Cole |Andrea Perdomo-Hernandez

Timeline: How the MBTA's deal to replace Red and Orange Line cars went off trackThe MBTA is 11 years into a contract to replace its aging subway cars on the Orange and Red lines. Hundreds of the promised trains are overdue. In 2014, the transit agency signed a contract with the China Railroad Rolling Stock Corporation, known as CRRC, to build hundreds of new cars. All trains were supposed to be delivered by 2023.

2 months ago | wbur.org | Nik DeCosta-Klipa |Andrea Perdomo-Hernandez

Commuters on the Red Line's Braintree branch got a speedy surprise Friday morning. According to the MBTA, trains began traveling 50 mph on certain stretches between Braintree and JFK/UMass stations at the start of service early Friday morning. T officials said it was the first time in over 20 years that any trains in the subway system had been allowed to go faster than 40 mph, thanks to months of work to upgrade the branch's previously slow zone-ridden tracks.

Jan 20, 2025 | wbur.org | Anthony Brooks |Walter Wuthmann |Andrea Perdomo-Hernandez

President Donald Trump's supporters celebrated Monday as he was sworn in for a second time, many of them hailing his promises to eject immigrants here without legal status and his claims of bringing a "golden age" to America. "President Trump is like Superman," said Chris Ager, chair of the New Hampshire Republican Party. "Two assassination attempts, two impeachments, 34 indictments, the other cases — all of that. And he wins the popular vote, based on everything that was thrown at him.

Sep 20, 2024 | wbur.org | Andrea Perdomo-Hernandez

Question 3 asks voters to decide if drivers for Uber and Lyft can form unions to collectively bargain with the app companies for wages, benefits and work conditions. If the measure is approved, Massachusetts would be the first state to allow ride-hailing drivers to unionize.