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NO MORE CUTS TO HUMAN SERVICES!

January 7, 2010 By AmberPaw 7 Comments

AND - AS revenue rebounds, reverse the cuts. The reality is that there are fewer safety net services today to help struggling families care for children or manage mentally ill children's care then there were 10 years ago - DCF no longer has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 9c-cuts, child-welfare, dcf, foster-care, jobs, recovery, revenue

A Smokin’ Success Story

November 18, 2009 By Harmony Blakeway 7 Comments

[Crossposted from ONE Massachusetts by Harmony Blakeway]As our community leaders and advocates look through the dramatic cuts being made to all manner of state structures and programs, we thought it would be good to look at one of our many … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 9c-cuts, budget-policies, massachusetts, revenue-reform, state-budget

Tomorrow’s 9C Cut Announcement: Can We Balance Cuts With Other Options to Support Our State?

October 28, 2009 By Harmony Blakeway 1 Comment

ONE Massachusetts project director Yawu Miller spent this morning at the Tax Expenditure Budget Hearing, asking that committee, and the Legislature as a whole, to examine the tax expenditure budget as carefully as legislators examine the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 9c-cuts, budget-priorities, massachusetts, state-budget, tax-policies

Is raising taxes political suicide?

October 25, 2009 By lynpb 19 Comments

When legislators talk about talking about raising taxes they say it would be political suicide. I disagree. It is how it is framed. Most of our legislators don't have real opposition. There is no real GOP and incumbency is very powerful. I … [Read more...]

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Thank God it’s not Friday -9C cuts anyway

October 3, 2009 By judy-meredith 12 Comments

cross posted at ONE Massachusetts And if all of that were'nt enough the Governor got a letter that said we were not spending our stimulus money fast enough. To the defense came Some congressional Democrats sprang to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 9c-cuts, diminishing-revenues

Experienced activists protecting programs AND searching for additional revenues

September 29, 2009 By judy-meredith 13 Comments

Have you signed up for the October 22 Insider Budget Briefing with Peter Enrich Law Professor at Northeastern University and former general counsel to the Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance, for a close look at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 9c-cuts, leslie-kirwan, mike-widmer, revenues, tax-expenditure-budget

House One = “legislation without appropriation” – Time to establish a Legislative Budget Office

January 28, 2009 By AmberPaw 16 Comments

House One as filed by Governor Deval Patrick suffers from the same deficit as every other piece of legislation in this State - Legislation without appropriation. Changes are made by the outside sections, but no one knows what they will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 9c-cuts, budget, counsel, house-one, indigent, legislation-without-appropriation

Updated! Civic engagement opportunity! Learn what to do when state revenues decline.

October 10, 2008 By judy-meredith 3 Comments

We recognize that we all need to act responsibly in the face of the current fiscal crisis. But we also need to understand the fiscal impact and the process and standards the Governor and the Legislature are using to implement the 9C cuts. … [Read more...]

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Open Letter to Governor Patrick from Massachusetts Nonprofit Network

September 25, 2008 By ost-guy 16 Comments

We know that Massachusetts is facing some tough times.  Although our state economy seems to be more resistant to the economic downturn than other states, the reality is that it will be impossible to avoid the effects of the poor … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 9c-cuts, economy, massachusetts, nonprofits, state-budget

Reverse 9C Cuts — Join The Campaign for Public Responsibility

November 21, 2006 By judy-meredith 2 Comments

You can.........  ? Educate yourself about the law and budget policies that allowed the Governor to invoke his 9C powers as well as some solution options at Mass Budget and Policy Center's website www.massbudget.org  for an … [Read more...]

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Just a reminder that Massachusetts is going to unlimited capacity indoor dining starting tomorrow while the CDC begs us not to, and it’s super embarrassing that no one can articulate a justification why other than 🤷🏻‍♂️ 🤷🏻‍♂️ 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Focus on the record -reopening restaurants and live music venues, without protections for workers, putting at risk the ability to open schools safely #mapoli https://twitter.com/stephanie_murr/status/1366204046575599619?s=20

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I’ve never seen a president do this before. This is extraordinary. https://twitter.com/potus/status/1366191901196644354

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Workers in Alabama – and all across America – are voting on whether to organize a union in their workplace. It’s a vitally important choice – one that should be made without intimidation or threats by employers.

Every worker should have a free and fair choice to join a union.

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