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Shelter costs put state budget at “breaking point”

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Rep. Aaron Michlewitz is chairman of the Massachusetts House Ways and Means Committee. The Boston Democrat says the fiscal 2025 budget will be "one of the most challenging I've had to deal with as the chair" He says he's aiming to preserve the state's recently-upgraded bond rating. House Speaker Ronald Mariano signaled last week that the House may include a housing bill.

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NBC Boston

Mass. emergency shelter costs put state budget at ‘breaking point'

Massachusetts House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Aaron Michlewitz says it's been difficult to develop this year's spending plan because he's not exactly sure what's led to state tax collections running $186 million behind last year and $275 million behind the year-end estimate that has already been slashed by $1 billion

1 month ago·Boston, United States

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WWLP

Shelter costs put state budget at “breaking point”

BOSTON (SHNS) - As chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Aaron Michlewitz sits in the catbird seat of budget and policy development on Beacon Hill. The Boston Democrat offered a glimpse Monday afternoon at the various balls he is trying to keep in the air simultaneously as the 2023-2024 legislative session gets into crunch time ahead of the July 31 end of formal business: emergency shelter policy, the fiscal 2025 budget, Gov. Maur…

1 month ago·Springfield, United States

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The Daily News of Newburyport

Shelter costs put state budget at "breaking point"

BOSTON — As chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Aaron Michlewitz sits in the catbird seat of budget and policy development on Beacon Hill.

1 month ago

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