Will Rep. Joe Kennedy Challenge Sen. Ed Markey?
Sen. Ed Markey may have a new challenger in Rep. Joe Kennedy III, according to reports that the congressman’s team has done internal polling to test the theoretical match-up. Such a race would be just the latest in a trend of longtime Massachusetts incumbents facing unexpected primary challenges from fellow Democrats, following the successful campaigns of Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Seth Moulton. Kennedy's team has publicly said that he plans to run for re-election. The news comes as Markey’s team releases an endorsement video from Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
In for Jim Braude, Adam Reilly was joined by Stephanie Murray, author of POLITICO’s Massachusetts Playbook, UMass Boston associate professor of politics Erin O’Brien, and Boston Globe columnist Scot Lehigh.
A Trip Back In Time With 'Buy Me, Boston'
In "Buy Me, Boston," local author Brian Coleman takes us back in time with nearly 400 posters, ads and flyers from the era of Jimi Hendrix and Tina Turner, concerts at the Rathskeller, and haircuts in now-bygone styles, all from local papers like the Bay State Banner, Boston After Dark, Boston Rock, and the Boston Phoenix.
In for Jim Braude, Adam Reilly was joined by Coleman to talk about this look back at Boston history.
Meet The Cambridge House That Wants To Save The Planet
To heat and cool a building takes up an astonishing 40% of the energy used across the world. It’s a figure that grows only more troubling as climate change continues to threaten our very existence. But there’s a local architect who is trying to change not how much energy a building consumes, but how much it produces. Cristina Quinn recently joined Jim Braude with the story.
