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WGBH-TV, known on-air as GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the main television station affiliated with the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in Boston, Massachusetts. It operates on virtual channel 2 and VHF digital channel 5. WGBH-TV is owned by the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also manages Boston's other PBS station, WGBX-TV (channel 44), as well as WGBY-TV (channel 57) in Springfield, Massachusetts, which is operated by New England Public Media. Additionally, the foundation owns WFXZ-CD (channel 24), a Class A Biz TV affiliate, and public radio stations WGBH (89.7 FM) and WCRB (99.5 FM) in the Boston area, along with WCAI radio and its satellites WZAI and WNAN on Cape Cod. WGBH-TV also plays an unofficial role as one of PBS's three flagship stations, alongside WNET in New York City and WETA-TV in Washington, D.C.

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'Equal dignity': U.S. map shows the impact of Obergefell v. Hodges decision

1 day ago | wgbh.org | Bill Chappell

June 26, 2025 “They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law,” then-Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote 10 years ago, in the Obergefell v. Hodges majority opinion. “The Constitution grants them that right.”With those words, on June 26, 2015, same-sex marriage became legal in all U.S. states.
Healey buys lawmakers time with $7.5B interim budget filing

3 days ago | wgbh.org | Chris Lisinski

June 24, 2025 Lawmakers working on a compromise state budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1 could get four more weeks of runway under an interim spending bill Gov. Maura Healey filed Monday. Healey submitted a nearly $7.5 billion proposal (HD 4844) that would continue to fund state government for about another month if the next spending cycle begins without a final budget in place.
Sen. Murkowski on why she's having more talks than ever on the state of democracy

3 days ago | wgbh.org | Juana Summers

June 24, 2025 Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a moderate Republican from Alaska, has a reputation for bucking her party. She sometimes broke away from President Trump on key issues during his first term like the push to repeal the Affordable Care Act and the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
Trump loves saying 'You're fired.' Now he's making it easier to fire federal workers

4 days ago | wgbh.org | Andrea Hsu

June 23, 2025 Back in April, the veteran Justice Department lawyer Erez Reuveni was in court, representing the government in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man the government mistakenly deported to El Salvador. The judge peppered Reuveni with questions: How was Abrego Garcia seized? What authority did law enforcement officers have to take him from his car? “So, Your Honor, my answer to a lot of these questions is going to be frustrating,” Reuveni responded.
Despite DEI pushback, guides along Boston's Freedom Trail widen the lens of inclusion

4 days ago | wgbh.org | Paul Singer

June 23, 2025 On a recent Saturday, two Freedom Trail Foundation guides, dressed in androgynous 18th-century garb, recounted the story of Jemima Wilkinson. She was a Rhode Island–born preacher who, after a grave illness in 1776, transitioned into a genderless evangelist known as the Public Universal Friend.
A Walk Down the Block: Inside the fight over White Stadium in Franklin Park

1 week ago | wgbh.org | Paris Alston

June 20, 2025 Let’s take a walk down the block. Today, we’re at the entrance to White Stadium, steps from Walnut Avenue in Jamaica Plain. Cars whiz by in the distance and airplanes fly overhead as birds chirp in the many surrounding trees. In the middle of them used to sit the white art deco structure, which was built in the 1940s. White Stadium once seated more than 10,000 people.
Communication blackout amid intensifying strikes leave Iranians unsure of where to go

1 week ago | wgbh.org | Kana Ruhalter

June 20, 2025 It’s been more than a week since Israel’s bombing campaign in Iran began, and the two countries have been trading strikes ever since. Panic and confusion in Iran’s capital city, Tehran, remain widespread. Millions of civilians are fearing for their safety as the threat of the United States’ involvement looms large. The World’s Shirin Jaafari has been covering the conflict and joined GBH’s All Things Considered host Arun Rath to share her reporting.
Draft regulations circulating on three-year bachelor's degrees

1 week ago | wgbh.org | Sam Drysdale

June 20, 2025 The Board of Higher Education is moving ahead with steps to allow public and private colleges and universities in Massachusetts to offer three-year bachelor’s degrees, reducing the typical 120-credit requirement. The Department of Higher Education has internally circulated draft regulations, which will be shared with board members on Wednesday for the next step of internal review.
GBH Daily: Will research dollars return?

1 week ago | wgbh.org | Gal Tziperman Lotan

June 20, 2025 This is a web edition of GBH Daily, a weekday newsletter bringing you local stories you can trust so you can stay informed without feeling overwhelmed. Sign up here! ☀️Prepare for a hot weekend. Today is mostly sunny with highs in the 80s and sunset at 8:25 p.m.Today we have a look at what happens next for scientists who had their federal funding cut by the Trump administration and then later, ordered restored by a federal judge.
Advocates push for juvenile fingerprint data sharing to end, as ICE detains Chelsea teens

1 week ago | wgbh.org | Sarah Betancourt

June 18, 2025 In Chelsea, at least five minors who were recently arrested by the Chelsea Police Department were detained by federal immigration authorities after their release from police custody. The similarities of these incidents have many in the community feeling extreme distress. In Massachusetts, it’s standard practice for police to collect fingerprints of the people they arrest, and share those fingerprints to a database with the FBI.