Beacon Hill In 5
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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Campaigns are making the most of their opportunities to garner support from Massachusetts voters.
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Administration and Finance Secretary Matthew Gorzkowicz says he expects lackluster tax collections to continue with "unavoidable deficiencies" on the horizon.
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Massachusetts cannabis regulators last week were led by Commissioner Bruce Stebbins as the commission's acting chair. At that meeting, they also identified a nearly $3 million budget shortfall for this year.
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Opponents of the new gun law in Massachusetts are deep into their campaign to get it repealed, but they have a lot of work ahead.
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Campaigns for and against statewide ballot questions have begun running advertising campaigns to educate voters.
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The Massachusetts presidential primary in March attracted about 1.2 million voters. But on Tuesday, voters will pick nominees for state- and county-level offices. And it's been a sleepy political season so far in many parts of the state.
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Massachusetts House and Senate members largely vacated the Statehouse after their underwhelming finish to formal sessions on Aug. 1, saying they'd continue working on the bills they couldn't agree on.
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The Massachusetts Legislature has begun a five-month stretch of informal sessions following the end of formal sessions last week.
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Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign paid a visit to western Massachusetts this weekend, raised a bunch of Berkshire bucks and rallied the state's Democrats.
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It's now 14 years that Massachusetts lawmakers have not agreed on a full-year budget before the start of the state's fiscal year. But that doesn't mean state office buildings are shut down.
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Bills dealing with the climate, and guns only have until July 31st to be dealt with by Mass. legislators. The end of formal sessions of the two-year General Court are just weeks away.
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Housing is the number one issue on the minds of Mass. residents. Can lawmakers pass a measure before the end of this session that will turnaround the current housing crunch driving so many people away?