20 episodes
Beacon Hill In 5 Carrie Healy
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Beacon Hill in 5 is a weekly check-in at the Massachusetts Statehouse from New England Public Media. Get a quick look at the week ahead in state politics and government with Carrie Healy, NEPM’s Morning Edition host, and a journalist from the State House News Service.
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Mass. lawmakers propose installing guardrails on A-I aimed at transparency in political messaging
Legislators in the Massachusetts House passed a bill, among hundreds attached in amendments to the budget, aimed at disclosing the use of artificial intelligence in political messages.
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On tap for the Mass. House: a budget debate including about 1,500 amendments
Deliberations on hundreds of amendments to the $57.9 billion Mass. House Ways and Means committee budget for fiscal 2025 are set to consume attention this week.
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Sizable shelter funding gap between projected costs and Mass. House lawmakers' proposed budget
The Massachusetts House budget makes $500 million available to cover emergency assistance shelter costs for FY'25. The House budget debate is set for Wednesday, April 24.
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Could Massachusetts lawmakers upstage the much-anticipated eclipse this week on Beacon Hill?
While an expected Massachusetts House budget redraft is expected, and talks are ongoing over a FY'24 spending bill, the solar eclipse might distract lawmakers, if only for a few moments, from focus on these and other pressing legislation.
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No fooling on gun reform, bottle deposits and marijuana pardons at the Massachusetts Statehouse
Gun reform lawmaking in Massachusetts will continue with urgency behind closed doors. We get the scoop on that and other stories from State House News Service reporter Chris Lisinski.
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Is implementing a time limit on stays in the Mass. emergency shelters the right fix?
As lawmakers around the country struggle with an over-capacity emergency shelter crisis, Mass. lawmakers wrestle with reform and time limits in the only state in the country that guarantees access to shelter.