Boston house - House lawmakers release proposed $25.3 billion budget

House lawmakers release proposed $25.3 billion budget
BOSTON -- House Democratic lawmakers unveiled a $25.3 billion budget proposal Monday that sets aside money for a new health care plan and boosts funding for higher education, but rebuffs Gov. Mitt Romney's call for a cut in the state income tax rate.
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Top lawmaker: Slot machines face long odds
By DAVID KIBBE TIMES BOSTON BUREAU BOSTON - House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi yesterday said he opposes allowing slot machines at the state's racetracks, and he predicted the proposal would be defeated in the House next week.
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Click Five taps into success
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP -- When percussionist Joey Zehr was in college he lived in a house on Imrie Street in Boston where the second-floor bathroom was crumbling into the first floor, and he and his roommates beat rats with shovels.
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Lawmakers Unveil Final Health Care Bill
House and Senate leaders on Beacon Hill will unveil a compromise health care reform package Monday. The measure is designed to dramatically expand health coverage for about one-half million people in Massachusetts who are currently uninsured. More Local News
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Universal health care in '07 possible
BOSTON - House and Senate leaders in final negotiations yesterday agreed that a universal health care bill requiring individuals to obtain health care insurance or face tax penalties would not take effect until at least July 1, 2007.
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DiMasi says House unlikely to approve slots this year
BOSTON -- House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi said Wednesday that a proposal to install slot machines at the state's four racetracks likely won't pass the House this year.
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