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  ❤️  Donate Thursday, March 26, 2026 🌦️  Cloudy through the morning, then mostly sunny in the afternoon with a high near 66 — before  the rain arrives this evening . Good Morning Boston, The Red Sox play their first game of the 2026 season at 4:10 p.m. today in Cincinnati. It's the first of a six-game road trip to start the season, so you'll have to wait until their home-opener next Friday to try Fenway Park's  new chowder-covered lobster "poutine"  (an apparent attempt to see  if current U.S.-Canada relations can get even worse ). However, we do have one big game, er, match, locally: The T's test match:   Gillette Stadium is hosting an international friendly this afternoon between two of the world's top soccer teams, Brazil and France. It's also serving as a warm-up for the MBTA, as the agency prepares to  transport 20,000 people to each of Gillette's seven World Cup matches  later this year. " We want to make sure that we work the b...

  ❤️  Donate Wednesday, March 25, 2026 🌤️   Mostly sunny, with a high near 54.  Good Morning Boston, It's a big Wednesday for bills and budgets. Let's get to it: On Beacon Hill:   House lawmakers are expected to pass a bill today that aims to put new limits on federal immigration enforcement in Massachusetts. As WBUR's Chris Van Buskirk  reports , the so-called PROTECT Act would ban warrantless immigration arrests at courthouses and prohibit local law enforcement from initiating contact with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in certain instances. The backdrop: The bill comes after courthouse immigration arrests tripled in Massachusetts during President Trump’s first nine months in office.  And as WBUR reported in December , that estimate is likely an undercount. What the PROTECT Act would do: Currently, in Massachusetts, ICE agents only need a civil detainer request saying a person does not have legal immigration status in order to make a court...