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The Week Ahead On Beacon Hill: MassHealth, Mandatory Minimums, Marijuana Meeting, Ballot Questions

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In a photo from April 2017, the Massachusetts Statehouse.
William Zhang

Massachusetts lawmakers return to Beacon Hill this week following their summer recess.

Governor Charlie Baker is pushing them to restrict who is eligible for the state's Medicaid program -- MassHealth. But the Democratic-controlled legislature has a few other priorities on their list.

As we do most Mondays, we turn to Matt Murphy from the State House News Service, who offered some history on this back-and-forth.

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Sam Hudzik has overseen local news coverage on New England Public Media since 2013. He manages a team of about a dozen full- and part-time reporters and hosts.