Category Archives: State News

With state aid to Methuen’s general government side level funded from last year, and with all of the increase in local tax receipts mandated by the state to go to the school department it has become necessary to come up … Continue reading →

State firefighters rallied at the State House yesterday, with a focus on the ongoing dispute between the City of Boston and the Fire Uniuon over mandatory drug testing. From the Globe: Boston firefighters have been criticized in recent months for … Continue reading →

After a series of meetings between the Merrimack Valley Mayors and Managers coalition and local lawmakers a legislative package of items that would bring non-monetary relief to municipalities has been agreed to and will be submitted by our legislative partners. … Continue reading →

The Boston Globe today highlighted some of the many problems facing cities and towns throughout the Commonwealth. Across Massachusetts, cities and towns face the prospect of deep cuts in what appears to be the grimmest fiscal year since 2003. Local … Continue reading →

I attended a meeting in Boston yesterday of the Massachusetts School Building Authority. At that meeting Treasurer Tim Cahill and Executive Director Katherine Craven announced that Methuen High School is one of three High Schools in Massachusetts that has been … Continue reading →

The legislative proposal to allow civilian flagmen to replace police officers on paid details began drawing the anticipated opposition yesterday, with a mobilization by the forces opposed to reform. From the Boston Herald: The hotly debated proposal to curtail police … Continue reading →

There has been plenty of talk lately about the State of Massachusetts and its interactions with the cities and towns, with much of it centered around the ability of cities and towns to join the state health care plan, the … Continue reading →