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Senate accepts conference report on $1.39 billion fair-share supplemental budget
Summary
The Massachusetts Senate accepted the conference committee report on a $1.39 billion supplemental (fair-share) budget, allocating funds to public education and transportation, including $535 million for MBTA improvements and $248 million for special-education circuit-breaker reimbursements.
Senator Michael J. Rogers, chair of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, presented the conference committee report for the so-called fair-share supplemental budget and urged members to vote yes. The conference report contains $1,390,000,000 in spending drawn from surplus surtax revenues designated for public education and public transportation; the Senate adopted the report and ordered enactment by roll call.
Rogers described the…
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