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WBUR TODAY: 3 takeaways from our interview with Gov. Healey

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  ❤️ Donate Wednesday, June 10, 2026 🌤️ Partly sunny, with a high near 89 and a chance of thunderstorms tonight. Good Morning Boston, We have Gov. Maura Healey on our airwaves this morning . The Massachusetts governor joined WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss several pressing topics facing the state this summer. Let's begin today with the takeaways: Healey says World Cup will 'for sure' have a positive impact Healey expressed confidence the World Cup will be a moneymaker for Massachusetts, despite some early underwhelming signs. Massachusetts has spent tens of millions of dollars in federal and state funds on security, transportation and celebrations for the games. But a hospitality industry survey in April reported that bookings at nearly 80% of Boston-area hotels were below seasonal expectations. And MBTA officials said this week that only around half of the agency's $80 commuter rail train tickets for the first five World Cup matches in Foxborough have sold. ...

WBUR TODAY: How Logan's trying to make security lines smoother

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  ❤️  Donate Monday, May 18, 2026 ☀️  Sunny, with a high of 78.  Good Morning Boston, In case you missed it, former Patriots quarterback Tom Brady  made his runway debut  Saturday night at the Gucci Resort 2027 fashion show (sporting enough leather to make a football jealous). Speaking of things on the runway... Up in the air:   If you're one of the  estimated 3.7 million people  jet-setting this Memorial Day weekend — or really any time this summer — Logan Airport has a new tool for you. Flyers heading out of Boston can  now check security line wait times  before they arrive via a new tracker. And come June 1, there's the option to skip the line at the airport entirely by going through TSA at a new "remote terminal" in Framingham. Here's what to know about the changes: Back in March , Massport announced it was testing out a new system in Logan's Terminal B that estimates the security screening wait times for flyers. The system now ...