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Complete Coverage of the Massachusetts State Budget on myfoxboston.com - FOX 25
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Proposed budget may mean long RMV lines
26 Jan 2012
BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick's proposed state budget could mean longer lines for drivers trying to renew their licenses. ...
Gov. unveils $32.3B spending plan
25 Jan 2012
BOSTON — Gov. Deval Patrick has unveiled a $32.3 billion state budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 that calls for an increase of about 3 percent in spending from the current year. ...
Patrick: Overhaul community colleges
23 Jan 2012
…joint session of the Massachusetts Legislature on Monday night. Under the proposal, the 15 separate line items in the state budget would be replaced by a single line item for the community colleges. The board would allocate funds to individual schools… ...
Gov outlines priorities in annual speech
23 Jan 2012
…for doing away with the 15 separate line items in the state budget for the community colleges that are spread around the…
…additional $10 million for community colleges in the state budget proposal he will make later this week. During his speech…
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Patrick readies state of state address
23 Jan 2012
…delivery to a joint session of the Legislature on Monday night. Under the proposal, the 15 separate line items in the state budget would be replaced by a single line item for the community colleges. The board would allocate funds to individual schools… ...
Gov. to deliver State-of-the-State
23 Jan 2012
…Patrick will also likely propose new strategies to drive those numbers down even further. The unveiling of the 20-13 state budget comes in on the heels of the address. Patrick will release his version of the budget Wednesday. ...
Gov. Patrick set to unveil spending plan
22 Jan 2012
BOSTON - Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is preparing to unveil a proposed state budget that calls for spending cuts and higher taxes on tobacco, candy and soda. ...
Gov. Patrick preps for annual address
21 Jan 2012
…down further. The address also marks the beginning of the yearly state budget debate on Beacon Hill. Patrick will release his version of the fiscal year 2013 state budget on Wednesday. ...
Gov. Patrick seeks cigarette tax hike
20 Jan 2012
BOSTON - Gov. Deval Patrick will propose a 50 cent per pack increase in the state's cigarette tax as part a plan to raise $260 million in new revenues for the state budget. ...
MA expects to bring in about $21.9B
12 Jan 2012
…fiscal year. The so-called consensus revenue figure is a key step in the months-long process of drafting a new state budget. Secretary of Administration and Finance Jay Gonzalez said $1.1 billion of the revenues will come from capital gains… ...
Beacon Hill bracing for tight budget
27 Dec 2011
…is Gov. Deval Patrick. The administration is scrambling to put the finishing touches on Patrick's version of the state budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. Although there's been encouraging news in the Massachusetts economy, including… ...
Perry Collecting Retirement Annuity
16 Dec 2011
…Sullivan said. Texas Democratic Party spokesman Anthony Gutierrez called the benefit "unconscionable," saying state budget cuts have cost thousands of teachers their jobs. "If Perry wants retirement benefits, he should do us all a favor… ...
Officials practice foresight for FY2013
10 Dec 2011
…which begins July 1. That so-called consensus revenue figure is the basis for the three initial versions of the state budget crafted separately by Gov. Deval Patrick, the Massachusetts House and the Massachusetts Senate. On Monday, lawmakers… ...
Perry Claims He Is a 'Doer' in New Ad
31 Oct 2011
…created 40 percent of the new jobs in the entire country since June of 2009. We cut a record $15 billion from our state budget." Iowa has re-emerged as a make-or-break state in the Republican nomination fight. Perry has upped his Iowa… ...
Survey Project Could Take 50 Years
11 Oct 2011
…But surveyors also cite a $15-million transfer from the fund to the state's general fund in 2006 to shore up the state budget as part of the problem. A 2009 report to the Legislature on re-monumentation — the most recent available — said… ...
S. D. schools cut costs with 4-day week
22 Aug 2011
…The Irene-Wakonda district is among the latest in a wave of schools going to four-day weeks to save money amid state budget cuts. Superintendent Larry Johnke says he expects to save $50,000, enough to keep a vocational education program… ...
Texas Democrats Launch Anti-Perry Site
14 Aug 2011
…Richie. The three-term Republican governor has been touting Texas's strong jobs growth, and saying he kept the state budget under control -- claims Democrats have been contesting. On CBS's "Face the Nation" Sunday, Democratic National… ...
Amazon Battles States Over Sales Tax
03 Aug 2011
…has turned a quirk of tax law into a nationwide fiscal battle, heightened by broader forces affecting the economy. State budget deficits are growing and so is the volume of tax revenue states lose to web commerce. But states' legal tools to claw… ...
NH, union agree on new contracts
29 Jul 2011
…state close to $50 million. The source did not want to be identified because the deals had not been announced. The state budget requires Lynch to save $50 million in personnel costs. The savings must be implemented by Sept. 1 or Lynch must cut… ...
State hands out $42M in raises
28 Jul 2011
UNDERCOVER: The recently-passed Massachusetts state budget cut deeply to make up for a nearly $2 billion deficit, but that hasn’t stopped nearly 17,000 state workers from getting raises this year, a FOX Undercover analysis of state payroll records shows. ...
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Gov. to deliver State-of-the-State
BOSTON – Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is gearing up for Monday's State-of-the-State address. The improving economy is expected to be the theme of the speech.
“…drive those numbers down even further the unveiling of the -- thirteen state budget comes on the heels of theater. Practical released his version of the budget and one day for. …”
State hands out $42M in raises
UNDERCOVER: The recently-passed Massachusetts state budget cut deeply to make up for a nearly $2 billion deficit, but that hasn’t stopped nearly 17,000 state workers from getting raises this year, a FOX Undercover analysis of state payroll records shows.
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Gov. Patrick signs 10-day interim budget
BOSTON - Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a $1.25 billion stopgap budget to keep state government operating while lawmakers complete work on a final spending plan for the 2012 fiscal year that begins Friday.
“…Lawmakers on Beacon Hill Jimmy OK for a ten day interim state budget it approved. -- one point 25 billion dollar stopgap budget now on to keep the state government running. They continue working honey …”
Lawmakers pay cut: No raises on the Hill
If you are a resident of Massachusetts, then the governor says your average household income has most likely dropped a slight amount this year, and thus, he and state lawmakers will also see a small drop in their pay.
“…means of trying to preempt all the other. Important priorities in the state budget not what we're doing this decree or other decree that are taken. That are not of ethnic and currently and -- particular …”
Question 3: Lowering the State Sales Tax
We're continuing our series of debates on the questions on the November ballot. Here's Question 3: Lowering the state sales tax from 6.25 percent to 3 percent.
“…a -- only modest cut and people believe that forty and the state budget ways and we're cutting one and that very minor cut to stimulate the economy -- get. …”
Curbing wasteful spending in MA
BOSTON - Governor Deval Patrick and his two opponents, Charlie Baker and Tim Cahill, were on the FOX25 News at 10 to discuss possible solutions to wasteful spending.
“…what they're right it's killing cities and towns. -- eating into the state budget will never get this solved without more significant reform than either of our folks -- put through on Beacon Hill and a …”
“…let's face it we have a huge fiscal cries as an enormous. State budget that it next year that deficits probably going to be an extra two billion dollars. You get families out there is struggling …”
“…and I connect in and that night on the building terrific. The state budget has been up on the went line by line click on it. We had -- money is going and what purpose and …”
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