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...administration of Gov. Michael S. Dukakis plans to freeze state aid to cities and towns throughout Massachusetts if the legislature is unable to close the estimated $500 million budget deficit, the governor's chief financial advisor said last week...
Before a crowd of approximately 300 supporters at the World Trade Center, Bellotti said that because he has no direct ties to the administration of Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, he would be able to make cuts in government spending necessary to restore the state to fiscal health...
...call for across-the-board cuts to helpbalance the state budget, Bellotti distancedhimself from the current Democratic administrationand one of his chief rivals for the gubernatorialnomination, Lt. Gov. Evelyn Murphy. Murphy, who isslated to announce her candidacy on Tuesday,supports tax increases to maintain current stateprograms...
Bellotti, 66, served 12 years as the stateattorney general before deciding not to seekre-election in 1986. The current campaign is hissecond bid for the governor's seat. In 1964, hedefeated incumbent Gov. Endicott Peabody for theDemocratic nomination, but lost in the generalelection to Republican John Volpe...
Prior to yesterday's swearing-in ceremony, Weldattended a nondenominational service at the ParkSt. church, down the street from the State House.The governor-elect and his retinue then proceededto the governor's corner office, where he receivedthe keys to the State House and a Bible owned byformer Gov. Benjamin Butler in a tradition thatdates back more than a century...