Beth Healy

3 weeks ago | wbur.org | Beth Healy

Trump's antisemitism task force is skipping its planned Boston meetingMembers of the DOJ's task force on antisemitism had planned to meet with the mayor and others Wednesday. But according to city officials, the task force has not followed up or confirmed those plans since a preliminary meeting earlier this month. The city has emailed the DOJ's Civil Rights Division to ask for more specifics on what it's looking to probe in Boston — to no avail, officials said.

2 months ago | wbur.org | Beth Healy

President Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, issued a threat to Boston's police commissioner Saturday and said he was "bringing hell" to the city for allegedly not cooperating with federal immigration authorities. Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington D.C., Homan claimed he'd read a story in which Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox "doubled down on not helping the law enforcement office of ICE." Homan then said, "I'm coming to Boston.

2 months ago | wbur.org | Emily Piper-Vallillo |Beth Healy

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum reopened Wednesday morning after shutting down suddenly Tuesday afternoon as a result of federal layoffs. Alan Price, director of the library, was on site for the opening. He said the museum shut down after five probationary employees who worked in ticketing and other front-of-the-facility roles were fired. No one else was trained to handle ticketing, which forced the closure, Price said. Admission will be free until other staff is trained, he said.

Feb 5, 2025 | wbur.org | Beth Healy

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and hundreds of protesters and Democratic lawmakers gathered outside the U.S. Treasury on Tuesday evening to protest what they say is Elon Musk's "hostile takeover" of federal payment systems. "In the building behind me, Elon Musk is seizing power from the American people. We are here to fight back," Warren said.

Sep 11, 2024 | wbur.org | Walter Wuthmann |Beth Healy

As the minutes wound down in the disciplinary hearings that would eventually lead to her firing, Cannabis Control Commission Chair Shannon O’Brien sat across from Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, the person who’d appointed her to the job, and began reading an 11-page letter aloud.