Mass. Cities And Towns Brace For 4% Cuts To Aid
Lawmakers announced Friday that the state's cities and towns should expect cuts in local aid of up to 4 percent in the next fiscal year.
Under White House pressure to act swiftly, Democratic leaders reached for agreement on President Obama’s health care bill, sweetened suddenly by fresh billions for student aid and a sense that breakthroughs are at hand.
Lawmakers announced Friday that the state's cities and towns should expect cuts in local aid of up to 4 percent in the next fiscal year.
The Commerce Department said Friday that retail sales rose 0.3 percent. Sales were expected to decline by 0.2 percent.
On March 12, 1941, Massachusetts Gov. Leverett Saltonstall signed the bill — in green ink — to make March 17 a holiday in Suffolk County.
It was 69 years ago Friday that Massachusetts made March 17 — St. Patrick's Day — a legal holiday in Suffolk County. And though the law is said to formally recognize the day the British evacuated Boston in 1776, the conspicuous coincidence of the calendar certainly did not go unnoticed: The governor signed the bill in green ink.
"The Bourne Identity" director and leading man have re-teamed for an account of the U.S. search for WMDs.