The Massachusetts Legislature restored millions in spending to the state budget during a rare Saturday session, over the objections of Governor Charlie Baker. State House News Service reporter, Matt Murphy tells New England Public Radio’s Carrie Healy, lawmakers squeezed in some work over the weekend in-between national party conventions…as they face a July 31st deadline to wrap up formal sessions.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker meets with legislative leaders Monday afternoon. It’s their first gathering since Baker announced nearly $50 million in state budget budget cuts late Friday. We check in now with State House reporter Matt Murphy. He tells New England Public Radio’s Henry Epp that Baker does not need the legislature’s approval to make these emergency budget cuts.
Click on the audio link above to hear a conversation between State House News Service reporter Matt Murphy and NEPR’s Henry Epp.