Fiscal Year 2021 budget

Government State & Federal Government 

Mass Senate Passes $261.6 Million Supplemental Budget; Establishes 7-Member MBTA Oversight Board & Funds Police Reform Law

June 24, 2021June 25, 2021 editor Coronavirus, Fiscal Year 2021 budget, Mass State Police, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 's (MBTA) Fiscal Management and Control Board, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, MBTA, National Guard, Police Officer Standards & Training (POST) Commission, Police reform, Senate President Karen Spilka

In full transparency, the following is a press release from the Senate President’s office submitted to SOURCE media. *** BOSTON

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Government 

Framingham Mayor & Chief Financial Officer Hosting Community Hour on Closing Out The Fiscal Year

May 28, 2021May 28, 2021 editor community hour, Fiscal Year 2021 budget, Framingham Chief Financial Officer Mary Ellen Kelley, Framingham Mayor Yvonne Spicer, Zoom event

FRAMINGHAM – City of Framingham Mayor Yvonne Spicer will hold a community hour on Tuesday, June 1 to discussing closing

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Government 

Framingham Traffic Commission Votes To Spend Remaining Fiscal Year 21 Funds

April 29, 2021April 30, 2021 editor City of Framingham, Fiscal Year 2021 budget, Framingham Traffic Commission

By Luke Canavan *** FRAMINGHAM – The City of Framingham Traffic Commission discussed the money left in its fiscal year

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Education Government Opinion 

OP-ED: Why Mayor Spicer’s Proposal To Cut $800,000 From Framingham School Budget is Problematic in COVID-19 Times

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 editor budget cuts, District 4 School Committee member Adam Freudberg, District 6 School Committee member Geoffrey Epstein, Fiscal Year 2021 budget, Framingham Mayor Yvonne Spicer, Framingham Public Schools, op-ed, Spicer Administration, water & sewer enterprise fund

By Adam Freudberg & Geoffrey Epstein *** FRAMINGHAM – The Mayor and the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) recently proposed cutting

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Education Government State & Federal Government 

Mass House Passes Balanced Budget Targeting Housing, Economic Development, & Vulnerable Populations

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 editor Ashland Source, Coronavirus, economic development, Education, Fiscal Year 2021 budget, Health, Higher education, Massachusetts House of Represnetatives, mental health, Rep. Carmine Gentile, Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis, Rep. Maria Robinson, Sudbury Source

The following is a press release submitted to the digital news media outlet by State Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis. ***

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Government State & Federal Government 

Massachusetts Senate Passes $46 Billion Budget

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 editor Ashland Source, Budget, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Coronavirus, Fiscal Year 2021 budget, Marlborough Source, MetroWest Source, natick Source, Senate President Karen Spilka, Sudbury Source

BOSTON – The Massachusetts State Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a $46 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21), after

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Government Police/Fire 

Councilor Stewart-Morales Proposal For No New Police Cruisers Passes in Split Vote

June 15, 2020June 22, 2020 editor City of Framingham, District 2 City Councilor Cesar Stewart-Morales, Fiscal Year 2021 budget, Framingham City Council, Framingham Police, Police cruisers

FRAMINGHAM – The 11-member elected City Council is in the midst of budget deliberations. Budget deliberations will continue on Tuesday

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Education Opinion 

LETTER: ‘No More Cuts’ To Framingham Public School Budget

June 9, 2020June 10, 2020 editor Fiscal Year 2021 budget, Framingham City Council, Framingham Publci Schools, Framingham School Committee, Letter to the editor, Tiffanie Maskell

Editor’s Note: Tiffanie Maskell, who lives in District 7 and is Vice Chair of the School Committee, read this to

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Opinion 

OP-ED: We Can and Will Thrive with a Little Less

June 6, 2020June 7, 2020 editor District 8 City Councilor John Stefanini, Fiscal Year 2021 budget, Framingham City Council, Framingham Mayor Yvonne Spicer, op-ed

By John Stefanini FRAMINGHAM – As the youngest of five boys in a large working class family — my father

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Opinion 

LETTER: Additional School Budget Cuts Will ‘Directly Impact Students’

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 editor Fiscal Year 2021 budget, Framingham City Council, Framingham School Committee, Framingham Superintendent of Public Schools Bob Tremblay, Framingham Teachers Association, Framingham Teachers Association President Christine Mulroney, Letter, Letter to the editor

Editor’s Note: This letter was read at the start of Tuesday night’s City Council meeting and then submitted to SOURCE

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