Description: Gov. Dukakis announces at press conference that he will make FY90 budget cuts of $500 million with wide-ranging line item vetoes. Richard Manley, James Braude, William Bulger.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/10/1989
Description: Mass. Council on the Arts and Humanities will receive no funding in next year's state budget as proposed by Richard Voke in Ways and Means Committee. Anne Hawley. Boxes of files, paperwork.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/23/1989
Description: Sen. Patricia McGovern makes proposal to cover Medicaid debt by borrowing in anticipation. Edward Lashman.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/30/1989
Description: Sen. Patricia McGovern suggests state political leadership visit New York financial market to negotiate for more favorable bond rating. Edward Lashman, Steven Pierce.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/24/1989
Description: Sen. Patricia McGovern puts $349 million cuts and savings through Ways & Means, which will have greatest impact on middle class in Medicaid & group insurance. Elderly playing bingo. Budget busters.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/07/1989
Description: Health care advocates say Sen. Patricia McGovern's proposed reforms in Medicaid will jeopardize and burden recipients.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/11/1989
Description: Newly appointed mental health commissioner Henry Tomes addresses need for funding and proclaims his commitment to improving services. Lobbyists wary of budget priorities in legislature.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/16/1989
Description: Community mental health services are jeopardized by state budget cuts. Boston administrator Gerry Morrissey pleads for $$$ for the many patients who will suffer. Beds in night shelter for mentally ill.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/22/1989
Description: Senate commission recommends sweeping improvements for conditions in state mental hospitals. Sen. Nicholas Costello, John Houston.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/03/1989
Description: Mother of mentally ill son is frustrated by lack of help from state in placing him in community housing. Danvers State Hospital exterior.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/27/1989