Description: Lobbyists and special interest groups converge in State House corridor to pressure legislators to consider funding their causes when debating budget. Rep. Paul Caron.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/06/1989
Description: AIDS activists and day care advocates amass on State House steps to demand better funding for their respective causes in the state budget. Larry Kessler.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/24/1991
Description: Barbara Anderson is outraged at lack of control over spending by state authorities such as MBTA and MWRA. She starts petition to limit their autonomy.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/25/1989
Description: Dukakis presents state budget and proposes methods of raising revenue without raising taxes. City of Boston is displeased. George Keverian.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/25/1988
Description: Dukakis is target of criticism in legislature because of unbalanced state budget. Keverian confident shortfall will be resolved. Steven Pierce, Robert Marsh, William Bulger.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/03/1988
Description: State college students march to State House to protest decreased education funding. James Braude, Barry Crimmins.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/12/1990
Description: Dukakis has added thousands of state jobs. Frank Keefe defends expansion of payroll. Pension commissioner Carmen Elio says budget cannot support retirement system.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/23/1988
Description: Striking UMass Amherst students visit Boston campus to recruit support for their budget protest. Two students misidentify their legislative representation. Punk hairstyles.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/16/1989
Description: Senate grapples with supplemental budget to meet current fiscal year deficit. An income tax surtax is considered. William Bulger, Patricia McGovern, Edward Lashman, Michael Dukakis.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/04/1989
Description: 1) Interview on US relations with Libya; A.J. Meyer of Harvard calls Reagan's policy “unsophisticated and calamitous,” Khadaffy “unwholesome.” 2) Redistricting state Congressional map pits Barney Frank against Margaret Heckler; Reps. David Cohen, John Businger, Andrew Card. 3) Roxbury Highlands Neighborhood Association wants to restore abandoned buildings for housing and community center; Ben Haith. 4) Brief on Essex County officials Daniel Burke and Paul Gaudette sentenced under Ward Commission on corruption for accepting bribes. 5) Interview with Ellen Guiney of City-wide Education Coalition on Boston schools budget. 6) Urban interests neglected in federal budget, particularly low-income housing and job training programs; Rep. Shirley Chisholm. 7) Humorist Roy Blount, Jr. eats Wheaties and recites poem on grits. Anchor Lydon. William Pierce voiceover WGBH ID.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/10/1981