Zoe Mathews

4 weeks ago | wgbh.org | Zoe Mathews

April 17, 2025 A growing chorus of economists are warning of the financial repercussions from President Donald Trump’s tariff policies. “I call it policy by petulance,” Jonathan Gruber, head of the economics department at MIT, told Boston Public Radio on Thursday. Gruber said the outcry is less about differing political ideology over tariffs, and more about the specific way Trump is using them.

1 month ago | wgbh.org | Zoe Mathews

After months of back and forth between Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio and the attorney general’s office over the auditor’s attempts to look into the legislature’s finances, DiZoglio told GBH News she does not believe the attorney general will ever represent her in court. She said Wednesday she would waive attorney client privilege with the attorney general’s office, releasing communications between the two state agencies to the public.

1 month ago | wgbh.org | Zoe Mathews

April 07, 2025 President Donald Trump is a self-proclaimed expert on “the art of the deal.” But in the case of brokering peace in Ukraine, former Trump adviser Fiona Hill believes the president cares less about the future of sovereignty for Ukrainians, and more about his own personal gains. “We’re starting to see a decoupling of Trump’s interest in improving and resetting the U.S.-Russia relationship from what’s going on in Ukraine,” she told GBH’s Boston Public Radio Monday.

Oct 25, 2023 | wgbh.org | Zoe Mathews

Boston Police will discipline Capt. John Danilecki this week with a three-day suspension relating to multiple altercations in 2019 and 2020, but the department did not uphold an allegation of excessive force. One incident with Dorchester resident David Nave has dragged on for years; he claims Danilecki inappropriately pinned him to the ground on March 30, 2019.

Oct 10, 2023 | wgbh.org | Zoe Mathews |Meredith Nierman

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu told Boston Public Radio on Tuesday she hopes “with every fiber of [her] being” to have Boston Police union contracts negotiated and resolved by the end of the year or early into 2024. “That’s been one point in my conscience that has been sitting pretty heavy,” she said. “This has been far too long that our police officers have been without a functioning contract.