It’s June 30th. Why no state budget? What is it going to take? Response from Will, July 1 AM Truth is I don’t know much more than you do, reading the newspapers, about the progress of this conference committee. One thing I do have a little perspective on is the difficulty of the job that …
Budget and Local Aid Updates
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Discussion on FY’18 Budget
I’m hosting a discussion meeting on the state budget at the Watertown Library on Wednesday, May 10 at 6:30PM. The meeting will begin with an overview of the budget and there will be ample time for discussion.
FY18 Chapter 90 Totals
Today the Senate will take up a Chapter 90 authorization bill. Chapter 90 funds are the primary source of funding that the Commonwealth provides to cities and towns for road maintenance and repair. Last year the state authorized $200 million of Chapter 90 funding. Chapter 90 funds are appropriated to all cities and towns determined …
Full funding for Reach out and Read
Hi Will, Yesterday’s GlobeWest reported Gov Baker cut funding for this program. What are your thoughts on this & your suggestions for what we can do to restore it?
FY17 Veto Overrides
The Senate took the following votes to override the Governor’s FY17 Vetoes: The Senate voted to override the following vetoes: 0320-0003: Supreme Judicial Court Administration Reduce by: $87,621 Reduce to: $8,674,528 Senate vote: 33-6 0320-0010: Suffolk County Supreme Judicial Court Clerks Office Reduce by: $15,677 Reduce to: $1,552,058 Senate vote: 36-3 0321-1504: CPCS Attorney Salaries …
FY17 Budget Settled
It’s a tight budget and we’ll have to watch closely to see whether its assumptions hold up.