Description: Deputy Treasurer Patrick Sullivan and Treasurer Robert Crane feign confidence about Mass. bond sales, though the state's rating has dropped.
Description: Dukakis presents state budget and proposes methods of raising revenue without raising taxes. City of Boston is displeased. George Keverian.
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.
Description: State officials declare malathion spraying a success but will not accept responsibility for fish kills in the affected area. Mosquito on arm. Spider's web. Gus Schumacher, agriculture commissioner.
Description: Drug sample vials and confiscated cocaine packets at state drug lab must be tested and weighed precisely. Time consuming process causes court delays in possession cases.
Description: Dukakis funds $5 million treatment program for drug addicts, especially intravenous needle users, to stem AIDS transmission. He disapproves of clean needle program. Sen. Kennedy. Person shooting up.
Description: Joe Malone and Jerry Williams speak out against lifers in state government and propose limiting the terms of elected officials. Paul Revere statue.