BOSTON (AP) — Lawmakers drafting a Massachusetts state budget are about to take another step forward.
The Senate Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday is expected to release its version of a spending plan for the fiscal year starting July 1.
The House approved its $30.5 billion budget last month. It calls for no new taxes but dips further into the state's reserve fund.
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City and town officials and public employee unions will be watching to see how the Senate handles the issue of municipal health care in the budget. Unions strongly objected to a House provision that would largely strip them of collective bargaining rights over health insurance plans.
Differences between the House and Senate budgets would be worked out by a conference committee before a final spending plan is sent to Gov. Deval Patrick.
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