Massachusetts
Massachusetts Senate approves budget for Fiscal Year 2025
BOSTON, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) – The Massachusetts Senate Has unanimously approved a nearly 58-billion-dollar budget for Fiscal Year 2025.
As the commonwealth faces challenges of inflation, and economic uncertainty, the Senate is committed to help build long-term economic growth of the state.
The senate budget focuses on the following areas:
Education, public, safety, public health and social services, tourism, community support, and much more.
So far, the following allocations have been secured:
$200k for Berkshire County Sheriff opioid task force $100k for Berkshire education resources k-12 $50k for Western Massachusetts Network to End Homelessness $25k for It Takes a Village Foundation and $12.5k for Southwick fire equipment
For a full list of budgets landmarks you can visit the Senate budget website.
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