Word: state
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bulger cast the need for reductions in spending and new taxes along historical lines, noting that federal commitments to state aid had waned during the 1980s while state payments to cities and towns had climbed. State revenues that grew by double-digits earlier in the decade have trickled to less than 5 percent growth annually, he said...
...proposal reported out by the Ways and Means Committee last week includes $105 million in cuts to specific state agencies and programs and $132 million in new non-tax revenues. It would save $16.5 million through overhauls in Medicaid and group insurance for state employees...
...contained several controversial measures, many of which addressed long-term spending on the state's "budget busters"--five mandated programs that make up $4.2 billion dollars of the $12 billion budget...
...Francis Doris (D-Revere) said he would try to strike out a provision requiring all state employees to pick up at least 9 percent of their health insurance costs...
...also called for the state to collect unclaimed bottle deposits, which it said could earn $6 million in fiscal 1990 and $24 million each following year. The House, which passed a separate bill Wednesday to collect the bottle money, put a $12 million value on it for fiscal...