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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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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.
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Mass. Senate stares down early education, childcare bill; soon to tackle spending bill
The Massachusetts Senate this week takes its second run in three years at a bill to expand access to early education and fortify that sector's workforce.
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Massachusetts is taking part in Super Tuesday, but it's looking pretty sleepy
Voters will cast ballots for a presidential candidate and vote for party representation in many districts across the commonwealth.