House budget seeks $1.9B spending increase
WWLP.com - 2024-04-11T12:43:07.000Z

House Democrats want to boost state spending by 3.3 percent next fiscal year with a $57.9 billion budget that mirrors many of Gov. Maura Healey's ideas for tapping new funding sources and drives up outlays on the expectation that flat state tax collections will begin to rise again.

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