Description: Edward Lashman announces slow revenue growth, causing half billion dollar budget deficit. Reps. Joan Menard, Robert Emmet Hayes, Peter Forman.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/06/1989
Description: Edward Lashman is at odds with state reps over need for new taxes and administration's contingency planning for budget crisis. Voke, McGee, Keverian, Clapprood, Flood.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/17/1989
Description: Chaos on final day of legislative session, trying to pass bills at last minute. Bulger on convention center authority. David Locke and Saundra Graham deplore short shrift given to serious matters.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/05/1988
Description: New contenders, Arsenio Hall and Pat Sajak, in late night television show race go up against Johnny Carson. Local station management comment on durability of the programs.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/11/1989
Description: Explainer on debt crisis among Latin American nations. Fidel Castro.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/13/1986
Description: Latino storefronts in Lawrence. El Presidente market “Spanish-American grocery” sign. Bodegas. Low-rise brick public housing project. Residents sitting outside at card table. Young girls stand near tree, bounce ball. Eight men hang out. Wide shot of mill building with clock tower on river, smokestacks in distance. Light traffic on downtown street.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/01/1984
Description: Merrimack Valley American-Hispanic Republican Headquarters in Lawrence. Latino voter registration drive. “Viva Reagan” bumper sticker. Woman checking voter lists against phone book. Greg Hyatt stands outside headquarters. Three short interviews on why Hispanics should be Republican.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/02/1984
Description: Boston Foundation study finds Latino families suffer high rate of poverty. Women type at word processors in job training program. Hubie Jones.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/11/1989
Description: "Ground breaking" ceremony for the Central Artery project (aka the Big Dig), where they used welding equipment to dismantle a bridge, rather than shovels to literally break ground. Interview with Public Works commissioner Jane Garvey on nature of the project and its funding. Michael Dukakis and William Bulger speak at the ceremony. At the same time, a public hearing is being held at the State House, where State Inspector General Joseph Baressi is trying to overhaul the way the state does business with consultant, which Baressi thinks is a problem with the Central Artery project. Following the edited story is b-roll of the construction site environs and the ceremony, as well as excerpts of Dukakis's speech, Bulger's speech, and other speakers.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/12/1990
Description: Cellist Laurence Lesser plays Bach to commemorate the 300th birthday.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/22/1985