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WBUR TODAY: Healey enters the social media chat

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  ❤️  Donate Wednesday, April 15, 2026 🌤️  Mostly sunny, with a high of 71 and  a chance of rain  tonight. Good Morning Boston, It's  One Boston Day . Go do something  kind  (if  not necessarily nice ). But first, the news: On Beacon Hill:   Following  a false start last week , Gov. Maura Healey is formally joining the chat about restricting social media for minors. However, her take differs from  the House bill to ban social media for teens under a certain age . Healey's first-of-its-kind plan, which she  unveiled yesterday,   would require social media companies to have special default settings for Massachusetts users under the age of 18 that curb some of the apps' more addictive features. "Social media is driving a tremendous amount of anxiety and hurting kids in a number of different ways," Healey said during a press conference, adding that "these companies have designed products to be addictive and to expl...

POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: DeSantis takes immigration fight to Massachusetts

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  View in browser   BY  LISA KASHINSKY FLORIDA MAN DRAWS MASS. CONDEMNATION —  Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has  followed through on his proposal  to send undocumented immigrants from Florida to Martha’s Vineyard in a rebuke of President Joe Biden’s immigration policies that was denounced by Democrats in both states as a  political stunt . Massachusetts is the latest target of Republican governors' ongoing campaign of busing  — and now flying — migrants to cities like New York City and Washington, D.C., and Chicago. GBH’s Sarah Betancourt reports some migrants sent north by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott are now  showing up at Boston-area hospitals seeking medical attention  and housing assistance. DeSantis had talked about busing migrants to Biden’s home state of Delaware,  in a more direct antagonization of the man he might run against for president in 2024. He  secured $12 million  from Florida’s legislature to carry out his pl...