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Bonds for Medicaid bills

Description: Dukakis announces sale of bonds to pay FY89 Medicaid bills and proposes temporary taxes to retire the debt. Richard Voke, Patricia McGovern.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/27/1989

Chelsea's local aid problem

Description: Chelsea Mayor John Brennan Jr. is faced with serious fiscal problem and will have to lay off many city employees and cut services. City Hall, library, fire department, municipal offices.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/08/1989

Christmas retail season

Description: Slow Christmas shopping season means less state revenue from sales tax. Shoppers browsing and buying in Bradlee's. Sale signs.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/13/1989

Cigarette tax to save services

Description: Liberal reps want cigarette tax hike to save social services. John McDonough, Patricia Fiero, Sherwood Guernsey, Barbara Hildt, Gloria Fox, Patrick Landers, Byron Rushing. George Keverian and Michael Dukakis sit side by side.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/10/1989

Dukakis bent on solving budget crisis

Description: With Santa, Dukakis hands out Christmas gifts to children at a family shelter. Comments on mandate to resolve budget crisis soon.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/22/1989

Dukakis' budget cuts

Description: Michael Dukakis press conference to announce drastic line item vetoes to balance FY90 budget. Calls $500 million cuts "worst thing I've ever had to do in my political career." Mothers with children protest at Dukakis' office.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/13/1989

Ed King's revenge

Description: Edward King takes his revenge and George Kariotis says "I told you so" about turmoil of state budget. Republicans gather at Foundation for Economic Research.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/06/1989

Fiscal task forces

Description: Sen. John Houston explains three private sector task forces to examine fiscal problems in management of state government, local aid, and health care funding.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/01/1989

Flynn decries budget cuts

Description: Ray Flynn leads rally in front of State House to protest local aid cuts from FY90 budget. Flynn cuts ribbon at affordable housing in Charlestown.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/14/1989

Furor over local aid cutbacks

Description: Municipal officials from across Mass. gather at State House to beg legislature to resist Dukakis' FY90 local aid cut. Mayors Ted Mann of Newton, John Bullard of New Bedford.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/17/1989