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07/18/11 $15,091,163 What this number means: It shows the estimated total state aid Waltham would receive under the new state budget that Gov. Deval Patrick signed on Monday, July 11. The budget will cover the fiscal year extending from this month until June 30, 2012. This estimate includes the main sources of state funding for municipalities, including Chapter 70 aid for public schools and unrestricted ...
07/18/11 House 150-2, Senate 37-0, approved Gov. Deval Patrick's amendments to the recently approved law giving local communities more flexibility to make changes to health insurance plans of their public employees outside of the current full collective bargaining process.
07/16/11 House 150-2, Senate 37-0, approved Gov. Deval Patrick's amendments to the recently approved law giving local communities more flexibility to make changes to health insurance plans of their public employees outside of the current full collective bargaining process.
07/12/11 Local lawmakers were pleased to see Gov. Deval Patrick sign a $30.6 billion budget for the current fiscal year, saying the spending plan was the best option during tough economic times.
07/12/11 As the state approaches the mid-summer, one-year anniversary of the collapse of expanded gambling talks, the idea continues to enjoy support at the highest levels of state government but remains stuck in a holding pattern with no apparent resolution of the disagreement between Gov. Deval Patrick and Speaker Robert DeLeo over treatment for racetracks.
07/12/11 BOSTON -- Gov. Deval Patrick signed a $30.6 billion annual state budget yesterday without vetoing any spending items, and said he planned to return $65 million in local-aid cuts to cities and towns.
07/12/11 Marshfield Town Administrator Rocco Longo said Monday that the state budget signed by Gov. Deval Patrick will have positive benefits for Marshfield, particularly in health insurance costs, but that although the ramifications appear encouraging, it is too soon to know details, as town officials have not had the chance to do an in-depth review of the budget.
07/12/11 BOSTON -- Gov. Deval Patrick signed a $30.6 billion annual state budget Monday without vetoing any spending items, and said he planned to return $65 million in local aid cuts to cities and towns.
07/11/11 Gov: Too early to promise tax holiday Gov. Deval Patrick said the state may be in a position to have a sales-tax...
07/10/11 Sunday July 10, 2011 Gov. Deval Patrick has awarded $1.9 million in community development block grants to fund housing and infrastructure projects in North Adams and Becket.
07/09/11 The voices in Gov. Deval Patrick's head grew in number and intensity this week as the land-mine riddled search to find that one "meaningful" voice for labor in municipal health insurance negotiations bogged down the quest for a budget a week into the new fiscal year.
07/07/11 Facing lobbying on both sides of the issue, from unions and business groups, Gov. Deval Patrick told the News Service Wednesday he is torn over whether the role laid out for labor in municipal health insurance reform legislation on his desk is adequate.
07/06/11 BOSTON -- With Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray casting the tie-breaking vote, a contentious Governor's Council on Wednesday approved Gov. Deval Patrick's nomination of a Democratic lawmaker to a judicial post in western Massachusetts that had been vacant for two years.
07/06/11 BOSTON -- Gov. Deval Patrick said Tuesday that he has not decided if he will sign off on a plan that strips public unions of their collective-bargaining power over health insurance, offering hope to union officials and concerning municipal managers.
07/03/11 Bob Schieffer spoke with Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio), Gov. Deval Patrick (D-Mass.), Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.), and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D-Calif.) on how the states and cities are dealing with budget shortfalls, the economy, and what Washington should to do get something done; Also, Bob Schieffer compares the country's founding fathers to today's politicians.
07/02/11 Also, Joe Lieberman, Deval Patrick, Mel Martinez, Lindsey Graham, John Cornyn.
06/30/11 WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Residents and businesses affected by the Johnsonia apartment building fire in Fitchburg on June 13, can apply for low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, SBA Administrator Karen G. Mills announced today. Mills made the loans available in response to a letter from Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick on Jun. 22, requesting a disaster ...
06/30/11 BOSTON -- Greater Fitchburg will get no love from Gov. Deval Patrick and Lt. Gov. Tim Murray when the two leaders embark on a monthlong summer conversation tour across Massachusetts in July.
06/22/11 Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is heading north of the border next month for a fund-raiser on behalf of New Hampshire Democrats.
06/14/11 Even though Worcester County does not yet meet the federal threshold for declaration of a "major disaster" in the county after the June 1 tornadoes, Gov. Deval Patrick has filed a request with President Obama that Southbridge and Sturbridge receive public assistance.
06/14/11 After three years and $43.5 million, Gov. Deval Patrick joined with a number of state officials and firefighters to formally dedicate the Department of Fire Services headquarters and training facility in Stow on Saturday. | 
