BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts House and Senate negotiators on Wednesday released a final version of a $32.5 billion state budget for the fiscal year that begins Sunday.
The spending plan includes $898 million in local aid for cities and towns, tightens restrictions on the use of Electronic Benefit Transfer cards by welfare recipients and maintains 45 beds at Taunton State Hospital, which Gov. Deval Patrick had planned to close.
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