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Article: Northeast Bond-Watch.(Northeast)
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- The Bond Buyer
- Article date:
- November 2, 2009
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Byline: Michelle Kaske, Ted Phillips
MASSACHUSETTS
Patrick Fleshes Out Plan
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick last week released additional details of how he plans to close an estimated $600 million revenue shortfall in the fiscal 2010 budget, opting to retain local aid allocations totaling $936 million.
Other programs that will not be cut include more than $4 billion for Chapter 70 education aid and $970 million for state colleges and universities.
"We should be just as concerned about our commitment to our values as we are about the value of our commitments," Patrick said in a statement."
"Those values - creating ...