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Simón Ríos @simonfrios

WBUR news reporter looking for answers: “Boston, wither goest thou?”

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3 Nov 2025
Quincy's Mayor Koch is not on the ballot tomorrow, but most of the council is getting challenged. Voters may react to controversies around the mayor, from Catholic statues on a public building to a pay raise battle. Good listen here from @simonfrios @WBUR wbur.org/news/2025/11/03/qui…

Quincy's Mayor Koch, in 7th term, looks to quell controversies before council election

The seven-term mayor enjoys largely unchecked power, with a city council that rarely pushes back on his agenda. But nearly every council seat is being challenged on Election Day.

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24 Oct 2025
A spokesperson for the state Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, which oversees the guard, told @simonfrios that agents arrived on the property "without prior notice and without permission." #mapoli
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24 Oct 2025
ICE MASS. GUARD: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were at the Massachusetts Army National Guard armory in Framingham on Wednesday, state officials confirmed. Via @simonfrios #mapoli wbur.org/news/2025/10/24/ice…

ICE agents at Mass. National Guard armory in Framingham without state permission

A spokesperson for the state Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, which oversees the guard, said agents arrived on the property "without prior notice and without permission."

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Beth Healy@HealyBeth
26 Sep 2025
Mayor Koch of @CityofQuincy raised an uproar in town and on social over his controversial comments on clergy sex abuse on WBZ. @WBUR @simonfrios reports on the fallout (good listen here) wbur.org/news/2025/09/25/qui…

Quincy mayor apologizes for, then defends comments about clergy sexual abuse

Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch has defended comments he made this week that the clergy sexual abuse scandal that rocked the Archdiocese of Boston in the early 2000s was more about homosexuality than...

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Beth Healy@HealyBeth
24 Sep 2025
Great listen here to take you inside Quincy residents' battle to roll back @CityofQuincy Mayor Koch's pay hike that would put his earnings over Boston and NYC mayors. @WBUR @simonfrios wbur.org/news/2025/09/24/qui…

Quincy voters may get to roll back their mayor's 79% salary bump

The City Council last year approved a pay raise that would put Mayor Thomas Koch's salary above the mayors of Boston and New York City. That sparked a movement that had its first big win this week —...

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Beth Healy@HealyBeth
30 Jul 2025
85% of ICE detainees at the Plymouth County jail are classified as "no ICE threat" - despite claims the Trump admin. is pursuing the 'worst of the worst' immigrants @WBUR @simonfrios @EROBoston wbur.org/news/2025/07/30/ice…

The vast majority of men in ICE custody in Mass. are classified as 'no threat'

About 85% of federal detainees held by ICE in Plymouth County this year have been classified as “no ICE threat” by the agency. That category began exploding by the last half of President Joe Biden's...

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Ben White@speedofwhite
16 May 2025
Worcester officials release 'disturbing' body cam footage of ICE standoff wbur.org/news/2025/05/16/wor… from @simonfrios in @WBUR

Worcester officials release 'disturbing' body cam footage of ICE standoff

Worcester City Manager Eric Batista and Police Chief Paul Saucier released three separate videos, depicting officers arriving amid a chaotic scene on Eureka Street.

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DKM's Ken Casey has something to say, and he's not planning to shut up about it. wbur.org/news/2025/03/20/dro….

'This is a class war': The Dropkick Murphys' Ken Casey on Trump, immigration and Boston

"The way I was taught is, if your family were immigrants to this country and came for a better life, the price you pay for that is you can never say that 'no one else is welcome.' That is what...

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Beth Healy@HealyBeth
20 Mar 2025
Great listen here - ‘This is a class war': The Dropkick Murphys' Ken Casey on Trump, immigration and Boston | ⁦@WBUR⁩ News ⁦@simonfrios⁩ #mapoli #Boston wbur.org/news/2025/03/20/dro…

'This is a class war': The Dropkick Murphys' Ken Casey on Trump, immigration and Boston

"The way I was taught is, if your family were immigrants to this country and came for a better life, the price you pay for that is you can never say that 'no one else is welcome.' That is what...

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Rep. Comer greets @wutrain ahead of House oversight hearing.
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Mayor Wu and her little one ready to testify in DC.
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Beth Healy@HealyBeth
30 Jan 2025
Excellent listen here on reality vs. fearmongering when it comes to ICE actions. The rumors are rampant - and causing fear all over. From @WBUR's @simonfrios #mapoli wbur.org/news/2025/01/30/ice…

In Mass. immigrant communities, rumors of ICE raids outnumber arrests

Massachusetts has quickly become a flashpoint for immigration enforcement, first with Fox hyping arrests in Boston. And now Republican Rep. James Comer, of Kentucky, has asked Mayor Michelle Wu to...

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30 Jan 2025
In Mass. immigrant communities, rumors of ICE raids outnumber arrests wbur.org/news/2025/01/30/ice… via @simonfrios

In Mass. immigrant communities, rumors of ICE raids outnumber arrests

Massachusetts has quickly become a flashpoint for immigration enforcement, first with Fox hyping arrests in Boston. And now Republican Rep. James Comer, of Kentucky, has asked Mayor Michelle Wu to...

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Todd Wallack@TWallack
27 Nov 2023
Great piece of watchdog reporting by @simonfrios @wbur: Some landlords are charging illegal application fees in Massachusetts. wbur.org/news/2023/11/27/ren…
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Come on @celtics -- how you gonna top this??
philip lewis
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30 Oct 2023
Flavor Flav sings the National Anthem at the Milwaukee Bucks game:
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This rally was intense last night: raw emotion, tears, and off in the corner, a Ukrainian woman playing a violin.
Beth Healy@HealyBeth
17 Oct 2023
Hundreds march through Boston in support of Palestinians @wbur ⁦@simonfrios⁩ wbur.org/news/2023/10/17/pal…
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Easily 1,000 pro-Palestinian protestors in Copley Sq, chanting "free free Palestine!"
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Wait, where in Hyde Park is that!? Oh, it's not in Boston you say?
Mary Louise Kelly
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8 Jul 2023
Serpentine, you are beautiful. Morning run in Hyde Park.
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Office of Housing@BostonNeighbor
16 Jun 2023
A fascinating piece on @WBUR by @simonfrios and @Amanda_Beland on the history of Mattapan and housing in the neighborhood. "How a more than 50-year-old housing policy displaced a former Jewish neighborhood in Mattapan." Listen to this informative piece:➡️ ow.ly/9wPg50OPRMU

How a more than 50-year-old housing policy displaced a former Jewish neighborhood in Mattapan

An area south of Boston, from Mattapan Square to Franklin Park, used to home to a thriving Jewish community. But over the course of 4 years, an area that was 90-percent Jewish became 90-percent...

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