- 133
- Episodes
- 13
- Transcribed
- 5
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 7M
- YouTube views
About 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.
- Publisher
- Carrie Healy
- Category
- government
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 23 Oct 2023
- Latest episode
- 12 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
13 of 133 episodes have a transcript.
12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Mass. governor taps the energy playbook to cushion voters before Election Day
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
From economic scorecards to nursing home scandals, what's on Mass. lawmakers plates before November
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Inside Springfield's $2 billion courthouse battle, the gas tax fight and the cost of living
Inside a recent episode
Mass. governor taps the energy playbook to cushion voters before Election Day
Published 12 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] There are a bunch of moving parts. There will be extra heating assistance benefits to low income households. So households that heat with oil will get a 20 percent bump in home heating assistance and households that heat with utilities will get a 15 percent increase. And that assistance is going to start on November 1st. There is also a new middle-class home heating assistance for households that are earning between 60% and 100% of the state median income. Those middle-income households are families of four that bring in up to $171,000 a household? Yes, and that's going to benefit around 50,000 households. […]
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- Ella Adams
- Colin Young
- Carrie Healey
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- YouTube views
- 7,322,601
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 5 ratings
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- Quality
- 75
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 82
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