 |
The House and Senate Ways and Means Committees are beginning their own individual review of Governor Charlie Baker's budget recommendations.
Hearings will be held in the next few weeks to help members and the public gain a better understanding of the overall budget and help member craft their own version of the budget.
The Meeting Schedule and Topics are listed below:
Tuesday, March 24, at Greenfield Community College Auditorium, One College Drive, Greenfield: - Topics & Agencies: Education and local aid; departments of Early Education and Care, Elementary and Secondary Education, and Higher Education.
Wednesday, March 25 at Quinsigamond Community College, 670 West Boylston St., Worcester - Topics & Agencies: Public safety, district attorneys, sheriffs, and the judiciary; ethics, Office of Campaign and Political Finance, Committee for Public Counsel Services, Mass. Commission Against Discrimination and Disabled Persons Protection Commission.
Tuesday, March 31 at Methuen High School, 1 Ranger Rd., Methuen - Topics & Agencies: Environment and energy, transportation; Department of Transportation, the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Department of Public Utilities and the Registry of Motor Vehicles.
Wednesday, April 1 at Everett High School Library, 100 Elm St., Everett - Topics & Agencies: Economic development, housing, libraries, and labor; consumer affairs and business regulation, departments of Business Development, Housing and Economic Development, Labor and Workforce Development; Workforce Investment Board, Board of Library Commissioners, Mass. Cultural Council and Commission on the Status of Women.
Tuesday, April 7 at Medford City Hall, Council Chambers, 85 George Hassett Drive, Medford - Topics & Agencies: Health and human services; departments of Children and Families, Youth Services, Transitional Assistance, Developmental Disabilities, Mass. Rehab Commission, Mass. Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Mass. Commission for the Blind, Office of Refugees.
Thursday, April 9 at UMass Center, Tower Square, 1500 Main St., Springfield - Topics & Agencies: Health and human services; Executive Office of Health and Human Services; Office of Medicaid, departments of Public Health and Mental Health, Center for Health Information and Analysis, Elder Affairs, Veterans Affairs and Soldiers Homes.
Monday, April 13 in Gardner Auditorium at the State House, Boston - Topics & Agencies: Lawmakers have traditionally allowed anyone interested in testifying to do so at the final budget hearing.
|
