NightSide with Dan Rea - Rundown for May 22, 2025

NightSide News Update. We kick off the program with four news stories and different guests on the stories we think you need to know about! For one of our segments this evening we talk to a local special education teacher about her comic book “Abilities,” a comic book that raises awareness about children with learning and social disabilities.

Mike Kennealy is Running for Governor. Mike Kennealy is a former Baker Administration official who served as the former governor’s housing and economic development secretary and now is running as a republican for governor of Massachusetts. Kennealy is not surprised by State Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s report on the audit into the MA emergency shelter system that found “mismanagement” and oversight of spending on food, transportation, and housing costs, saying he warned Gov. Healey’s and her team about the rising demand for state run shelter services back in the Fall of 2022. Kennealy joins us this evening on NightSide to discuss his gubernatorial campaign and the issues he’s running on.

Israeli Embassy Murders in D.C. Two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. were shot and killed while leaving an event at the Capitol Jewish Museum hosted by the American Jewish Committee. The staffers, who the Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs named as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, were a couple who officials say were soon to be engaged. A suspect has been named, a 30-year-old Chicago native who shouted “Free, Free Palestine” as he was being arrested. We will discuss the tragic incident with Benny Sharoni, Consul General of Israel to New England.

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