Word: aid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...governor's local aid proposal includes $120 million in direct state aid to local governments, which they may use as they please. It also includes another $73 million in restricted aid, for a total increase of $193 million...
...news conference, Dukakis denied that he was attempting to put a gun to the Legislature's head by proposing a generous local aid increase, which is politically popular on Beacon Hill, linked to his tax package, which is politically unpopular...
Dukakis also acknowledged that the Legislature may decide to cut local aid and other rather programs rather than raise taxes...
House Minority Leader Steven D. Pierce (R-Hampden) called the local aid plan "political blackmail and little more." He said the governor should cut state spending in other areas, rather than raise taxes, to provide funds for local aid...
Prosecutors said he often lured victims into his car by posing as a police officer or making false requests for aid...