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Complete Coverage of the Massachusetts State Budget on myfoxboston.com - FOX 25
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Gov calls on lawmakers to pass bills
19 Nov 2009
…should have wrapped up work on a crime bill, an education overhaul and a measure he said would help him balance the state budget before closing their formal session for the year. Patrick accused lawmakers of "brinksmanship" and said they should… ...
Local Lawmakers Working Second Jobs
15 Nov 2009
…The senator receives some form of compensation from this entity which receives some form of compensation from the state budget,” Peterson said. Work Inc. receives plenty of compensation from the state. Records show the Quincy non-profit… ...
Florida Govt. Loses 18,000 Buildings
11 Nov 2009
…they also paid to build. Arizona officials have floated the idea of selling state buildings to generate money to close state budget shortfalls. The New York Times reported that state buildings like the executive office tower, the buildings that house… ...
MA puts a number on layoffs: 726
20 Oct 2009
BOSTON - The Patrick administration has talked for over a year about cutting 1,750 jobs from the executive branch work force to cope with state budget deficits, but it's still short of its goal even as tax collections continue to languish. ...
2,000 MA workers may face layoff
15 Oct 2009
BOSTON - Gov. Deval Patrick is weighing a series of cuts and the possibility of laying off of up to 2,000 state workers to close a $600 million hole in the current fiscal year state budget. ...
Cutbacks Make It Harder to Earn Degrees
12 Oct 2009
…say any recent progress is threatened by unprecedented state budget cuts that have trimmed course offerings. "They will…
…thousands of class sections in response to a 20 percent state budget cut. Around the country, the belt-tightening has…
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Cash for Clunkers help budgets
10 Oct 2009
…overall sales tax that month, pushed vehicle tax collections above the monthly goal. The extra money may be a help, but state budget officials say it's minor compared with their huge problems. Kentucky officials have warned that until unemployment… ...
Meals tax to rise in 30 MA communities
01 Oct 2009
…to 6 percent, also effective Thursday. The Legislature approved the local-option taxes as part of the fiscal 2010 state budget. The idea is to give cities and towns the chance to tap additional revenue streams. But most communities have so far… ...
Health care for immigrants restored
31 Aug 2009
…teleconference with reporters. "And for some of the population the (co-payments) will be higher." In June, the state budget approved by lawmakers ended health care funding for legal immigrants enrolled in the subsidized care plan that is the… ...
Activists push ballot questions
05 Aug 2009
…of charter school allowed in Massachusetts. - Local Aid: The question would guarantee a certain percentage of the state budget be spent on local aid to cities and towns. - Public Forests: The question would prohibit commercial harvesting of… ...
25 Jul 2009
BOSTON - Cities and towns in Massachusetts are deciding whether to impose local-option taxes allowed under the new state budget. ...
15 Jul 2009
…from pre-kindergarten through college. Yet the dreams collided with the economic reality of a recession and massive state budget cuts. Instead, the governor has been focusing on changes that can be implemented with little or no cost. Most recently… ...
Zoo clarifies 'euthanasia' issue
12 Jul 2009
BOSTON - The operators of Boston's Franklin Park Zoo, who last week warned that some animals might have to be destroyed if state lawmakers don't restore funding, say they won't be euthanizing any animals as a result of state budget cuts. ...
09 Jul 2009
Tough economic times are coming to a registry office near you, maybe. Because of a $13 million hit in this year's state budget, the Registry of Motor Vehicles is being forced to close some locations. ...
30 Jun 2009
…to restore fiscal stability in the state's third-largest city. The city budget, which avoids further layoffs, includes a 0.75 local option tax on restaurant meals that is allowed under the state budget signed by Patrick on Monday. ...
30 Jun 2009
New Hampshire's two remaining greyhound tracks will no longer have live racing. The new state budget allows the tracks in Seabrook and Belmont to continue to allow betting on simulcast races from other tracks and charity gambling… ...
MTA delays meeting on toll hike
24 Jun 2009
…abruptly postponed a planned meeting. Transportation Secretary James Aloisi, who chairs the Turnpike board, said Wednesday he wants to give Gov. Deval Patrick time to weigh both a transportation reform bill and a state budget now on his desk. ...
Patrick to meet with supporters
23 Jun 2009
…Tuesday he'll brief his backers on his push for transportation, ethics and pension reform and his handling of the state budget. Patrick has already said he wants to run for a second term. Patrick was criticized earlier in the year for hiring… ...
Spending reductions on Beacon Hill
22 Jun 2009
…Lawmakers on Beacon Hill made some very tough fiscal decisions. Both the House and Senate approved a $27.4 billion state budget, and with that comes major cuts. Senator Steven Panagiotakos, the chairman of Senate Ways and Means Committee, recently… ...
05 Jun 2009
Governor Deval Patrick filed his revised version of the state budget yesterday. ...
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Local Lawmakers Working Second Jobs
UNDERCOVER - Some state lawmakers have second jobs with companies that profit from doing business before state government, raising questions...
“…compensation. From the vanity. Which received some form of compensation. From the state budget and it's plenty of compensation. Records show the Quincy -- profit collected 44 million dollars from the state in the past two …”
State rep, 20, arrested at party
BEDFORD - A 20-year-old state representative has apologized after he was arrested at an underage drinking party over the weekend. FOX25's Frank Mallicoat reports.
“…I'm old enough in the state budget late act not only not to have a drink and I like mallicoat. Five and it now and it was more on …”
2,000 MA workers may face layoff
BOSTON - Gov. Deval Patrick is weighing a series of cuts and the possibility of laying off of up to 2,000 state workers to close a $600 million hole in the current fiscal year state budget .
“…rally predict as they were a passion is ending would improve the State's budget problems. Forget it a hundred million dollars that the budget shortfall right now -- only if you want into the new fiscal …”
Zoo clarifies 'euthanasia' issue
BOSTON - The operators of Boston's Franklin Park Zoo, who last week warned that some animals might have to be destroyed if state lawmakers don't restore funding, say they won't be euthanizing any animals as a result of state budget cuts.
Sun, 12 Jul 2009
Report: Zoo animals could be euthanized
BOSTON - State budget cuts may force Boston's Franklin Park Zoo to shut down and euthanize some animals. FOX25's Erin Hawksworth reports.
“…really New England larger deal and its counterpart the donut or victims state budget cuts. Dual -- they Governor Deval Patrick cut their -- funding from six point 52. Point five million they expect to run …”
Tough economic times are coming to a registry office near you, maybe. Because of a $13 million hit in this year's state budget , the Registry of Motor Vehicles is being forced to close some locations.
Thu, 9 Jul 2009
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