Patrick proposes broad cuts, taxes

Plan could spur widespread layoffs

By Matt Viser

Globe Staff / January 29, 2009

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Governor Deval Patrick announced a series of far-reaching proposals yesterday to address the worst economic crisis to hit the state in decades, calling for a range of new taxes on such items as alcohol and soft drinks and higher fees at the Registry of Motor Vehicles, combined with deep cuts in local aid, education, and healthcare that will probably trigger ... (Full article: 853 words)