Massachusetts defers crisis with stopgap budget approval
Massachusetts enacted a 17.9 million deficiency budget to close a two week gap in welfare and pension payments. The move came after 11,000 AFDC recipients faced two days without checks and retirees waited for funds. With a June 9 deadline, lawmakers remain divided on taxes and a broader deficit plan, prompting frantic negotiations on Beacon Hill.
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Commonwealth
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Senate
Michael S. Dukakis
General Court
Brookline
Guilty finding costs chief job
A Rutland jury found Brandon Police Chief Thomas Evans guilty of simple assault for beating Anthony Hall with a nightstick during questioning. The Brandon Board of Selectmen immediately removed Evans from duty. his attorney has 10 days to appeal.
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Rutland
Brandon
Thomas Evans
Brandon Board of Selectmen
Evans
Rutland District Court
Anthony Hall
Hall
Rhode Islanders Favor Nuclear Plant in Poll
A URI poll shows majority Rhode Island residents support a nuclear power plant with 52.2 percent in favor, 31 percent opposed and 16.6 percent undecided. Younger people and women oppose more, while older residents and men back construction. The survey also notes support for an oil refinery and offshore drilling and a push to prioritize solar energy.
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Providence
Rhode Island
University of Rhode Island
URI
College of Business Administration
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Bank
Rhode Islanders
Narragansett Bay
New Hampshire Moves to Shield First Primary Status
Concord signs a law to keep New Hampshire's March primary on or near the traditional date to prevent a regional presidential primary. Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont and Rhode Island lawmakers discuss broader New England coordination while longshoremen threaten a Boston dock strike over guaranteed income terms.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
Meldrim
Thomson
Massachusetts
Boston
New England
Maine
Vermont
Rhode Island
Thomas P O'Neill
O'Neill
Boston Shipping Association, Inc
Shipping Association
International Longshoremen's Association
New York
Nevada
Idaho
Oregon
George McGovern
Rhode Isle
Richard Nixon
Eugene McCarthy
Edmund Muskie
South Dakota
Rhode Island doctors plan work stoppage over rates
Providence AP reports doctors balk at malpractice insurance costs after governor declines to call a special session. Surgeons at St Joseph's Hospital voted Thursday to join the Rhode Island Orthopedic Society in withholding non-emergency services starting June 9, as the Rhode Island Medical Society cautions the protest could swell into broader action.
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Providence
Rhode Island
St. Joseph's Hosital
Rhode Island Orthopedic Society
Rhode Island Medical Society
Rhode Island seizes Tideland over out-of-state fishing
Providence AP reports Rhode Island authorities seized The Tideland, a 203-foot fishing vessel of Seacoast Products, under a 19th century rule barring out-of-state fishermen from Rhode Island waters. Governor Noel ordered the seizure after warnings and pending court review, as the Mayaguez incident looms in context.
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Rhode Island State Department of Natural Resources
New Jersey
Providence Municipal Pier
Narragansett Bay
UPI
Providence
Mayaguez
David H. Clark
Rhode Island
Clark
Seacoast Products Corp
Port Monmouth
N.J
Tideland
U.S
Cambodia
Philip W. Noel
Bristol
Noel
New Hampshire Senate OKs equal rights and custody bills
The New Hampshire Senate approved measures on equal athletic rights for female students and a custody bill removing parental sex from decisions, plus a radar ban near speed-limit changes and a provision to restore licenses after a drunken driving acquittal, but failed to lower the state senate age to 25.
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Concord. N.H
New Hampshire
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