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$295 Million Budget Hole & Falling Bridges: Is Mass. Doomed?
Photo courtesy Commonwealth Conversations. We're not ready to say "New New Appalachia," but fill out those census forms today, kids, because Massachusetts is falling apart! News in the Globe today reveals a brand-new $295 million hole in the Massachusetts budget that's going to need to be filled with further reductions to the state's already ravaged services. The gap was attributed to the unexpected costs of MassHealth, the joint federal-state health care program for the...
Bite Size News, November 2: Post-Halloween Edition
With about 100,000 revelers in Salem, two stabbings ain't bad. [Wicked Local] A falling tree kills a trick-or-treater in NH. [Union Leader] Most of the state's transportation agencies have officially merged into MassDOT. [Providence Business News]
Bite Size News, September 15: Again With The Trains Edition
After a near collision yesterday and another mishap involving trains in Massachusetts today, does Jeffrey Mullan really want to run the new MassDOT when it opens up for business on November 1? Really? [Boston Globe]The Massachusetts House of Representatives may vote as early as Thursday on a bill that would allow Gov. Deval Patrick to pick a temporary replacement for Sen. Ted Kennedy in the U.S. Senate. Channel 5 reports the bill would pass the House but not necessarily the state Senate. [WCVB]
