Description: Righteous outcry, by those who would be shortchanged, to protest announced FY90 budget cuts. Crowd waving placards in front of State House.
Description: Employment retraining becomes necessary in the slumping Massachusetts economy. Former Amstar worker learns to repair appliances at lower starting wage.
Description: To accommodate revenue shortfall and balance budget, Michael Dukakis must reduce proposed expansion of several state programs. House enacts tax coupling and levies cigarette tax. Frank Keefe.
Description: Hospitals are desperate to collect promised funds from the state. Dukakis says new revenues are necessary to meet the obligation. Bulger apologizes for lack of money.
Description: Richard Manley of Mass. Taxpayers Foundation blames legislature for state fiscal crisis because each year until FY90 they approved higher budget than governor proposed. Rep. Gregory Sullivan.
Description: While John Silber speaks to bankers on the state economy, many men wait in line for jackets at Salvation Army in Cambridge. Silber refers to filing his income tax return.