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Zika talks to end soon, Republican negotiators promise

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in control of negotiations on long-delayed funding to combat the Zika virus are promising a quick agreement. Behind-the-scenes negotiations have focused on a potential deal in the range of a $1.1 billion measure passed by the Senate last month. A trickier issue involves whether to pair

Massachusetts

Hub students protest budget gap as Walsh testifies on charters

BOSTON – Hundreds of Boston Public Schools students climbed Beacon Hill Monday to protest proposed state education budget cuts as the Legislature's Joint Committee on Education began a marathon public hearing inside the State House, drawing heated testimony from supporters and opponents of charter schools and Common Core education

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Gov’t report: Budget deficit to rise to $544B this year

WASHINGTON (AP) — A government report released Tuesday estimates that this year's budget deficit will rise to $544 billion, an increase over prior estimates that can be attributed largely to tax cuts and spending increases passed by Congress last month. The deficit and debt picture over the long-term has

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Congress sends year-end spending measure to Obama

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress on Friday sent President Barack Obama a bipartisan but deficit-boosting year-end spending package that raises federal agency budgets and awards tax cuts to both families and a sweeping array of business interests. A 65-33 Senate vote on the $1.8 trillion measure shipped it to the White

Massachusetts

T fares may climb as MBTA eyes riders to help close budget gap

BOSTON – T riders may be called on to help ease a growing budget shortfall at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Increasing fares is one of several options the agency's fiscal management control board is considering as it comes up with a plan to tackle a gap projected to

Donald Trump

Trump’s plan would blow huge hole in budget, analysis shows

Donald Trump's plan to cut taxes would zap almost $12 trillion from federal receipts over 10 years, swell budget deficits to an even greater degree, and deliver the biggest benefits to the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans, according to an analysis released Tuesday by the Tax Foundation in

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T privatization proposals stir labor protest against Pioneer

Gov. Charlie Baker could use his temporary power to privatize bus maintenance at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and take other steps to save as much as $122 million a year, according to the Pioneer Institute, whose advocacy for such measures has drawn the ire of public unions and did