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Claire Parrish
Tue, 02/09/2010

Governor releases 2010 budget

a response from United Way's Claire Parrish

With the use of the words ‘budget cut’ in just about every sentence spoken in the Public Policy arena these days, one could get pretty easily discouraged. As he is required to do, Governor Patrick releases an annual state budget proposal every year in January. This year, we held our breath waiting to see what the projected budget would be for the coming year. What we found was bittersweet.  read more »

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