Description: CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. UPROAR BY HOUSE MEMBERS AT JOINT SESSION OVER WILLIAM BULGER'S STYLE. Legislature, Thomas McGee. Bulger bangs gavel.
Description: Legislature has not met target cuts in its own staff while the administration is supposed to be reducing state payroll. Reps. Frank Hynes, Joan Menard, Peter Forman. Dukakis.
Description: Disgruntled legislators want to undo governor's vetoes on state spending items and rebalance budget. Hale Champion, Lucile Hicks, John Flood, Michael Creedon. Dukakis walks amid phalanx of aides.
Description: Gov. Michael Dukakis addresses hearing of joint House and Senate ways and means committee about budget submitted by new administration. Sen. Chester Atkins.
Description: MICHAEL DUKAKIS ANNOUNCES TO LEGISLATURE AND AT PC FORMATION OF PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE. KEVERIAN INTROS HIM AS 'NEXT PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES'
Description: Majority of Senate favors protecting gay rights but final vote not taken because Senate wants to amend House version of bill. Michael Barrett, David Locke, William MacLean. People exit Senate door.
Description: Gay rights bill passes Senate, goes to Committee on Third Reading; could be held up past current legislative session. Gay activists march outside State House. David Locke, Michael Barrett, C. Atkins.