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<item><title>PATRICK-MURRAY ADMINISTRATION OBLIGATES 100% OF ARRA HIGHWAY FUNDING ONE MONTH AHEAD OF SCHEDULE</title><link>http://belchertown-news.com/belchertown/news/articles/article852.asp</link><description>$437.9 million distributed to highway projects throughout the Commonwealth
</description></item><item><title>From the Desk of Senator Gale Candaras</title><link>http://belchertown-news.com/belchertown/news/articles/article849.asp</link><description>Candaras Votes to Freeze Unemployment Insurance Rate to Relieve Small Business Burden and Boost New Jobs
</description></item><item><title>PATRICK-MURRAY ADMINISTRATION TARGETS $153.9 MILLION STATEWIDE TO BUILD, PRESERVE AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING </title><link>http://belchertown-news.com/belchertown/news/articles/article753.asp</link><description>Program and recovery funds, private investment spur developments, create jobs, and housing opportunities across the state
</description></item><item><title>Elders and Utility Shut-Off </title><link>http://belchertown-news.com/belchertown/news/articles/article752.asp</link><description>Households where everyone in the home is age 65 or older are protected from utility shut-offs (gas, electricity and landline telephone) at this time of year, regardless of ability to pay.</description></item><item><title>Attorney General Martha Coakley�s Office Awards Over $1.1 Million in Grant Funding for Financial Literacy Education </title><link>http://belchertown-news.com/belchertown/news/articles/article751.asp</link><description>Funds from Fremont Mortgage Lending Settlement, Allocated to Financial Literacy
</description></item><item><title>Governor Patrick Restores Funding for School Transportation, Low Income Families</title><link>http://belchertown-news.com/belchertown/news/articles/article750.asp</link><description>FY10 Revenue Estimate Increased by $181 million</description></item><item><title>WITH WINTER APPROACHING, GOVERNOR PATRICK HIGHLIGHTS COST-SAVING ENERGY PROGRAMS</title><link>http://belchertown-news.com/belchertown/news/articles/article685.asp</link><description>Energy Bucks initiative combines weatherization, utility discounts and fuel assistance resources to deliver immediate relief to families and individuals</description></item><item><title>GOVERNOR PATRICK ANNOUNCES UNEXPECTED REVENUE GAINS</title><link>http://belchertown-news.com/belchertown/news/articles/article657.asp</link><description> Revenues from a significant tax settlement the state Department of Revenue agreed to this week, along with a modest increase in tax collections above the year-to-date benchmark, will allow the Administration to avoid a further round of emergency budget cuts to close a previously identified outstanding budget gap of $120 million...</description></item><item><title>GOVERNOR PATRICK HIGHLIGHTS �EXPIRING USE� RENTAL HOUSING LAW, ANNOUNCES $150M FUND TO PRESERVE LONG-TERM AFFORDABLE HOUSING </title><link>http://belchertown-news.com/belchertown/news/articles/article635.asp</link><description>New law, leveraging of public/private funds protects tenants </description></item><item><title>Governor Patrick Signs Law Consolidating State Support For Clean Energy</title><link>http://belchertown-news.com/belchertown/news/articles/article634.asp</link><description>Legislation puts all state resources for clean energy installations, research-and-development, and jobs into a single agency
</description></item><item><title>PATRICK-MURRAY ADMINISTRATION LAUNCHES BIOMASS SUSTAINABILITY STUDY</title><link>http://belchertown-news.com/belchertown/news/articles/article633.asp</link><description>White paper will inform Department of Energy Resources regulations for qualifying biomass facilities under the state&apos;s Renewable Portfolio Standard (from early November release)</description></item><item><title>Patrick-Murray Administration to Continue Holyoke Soldiers� Home Clinic During Transition</title><link>http://belchertown-news.com/belchertown/news/articles/article684.asp</link><description>The Patrick-Murray Administration announced today that it has instructed the acting superintendent to keep the outpatient clinic at the Holyoke Soldiers� Home open with reduced hours while the Administration procures and reviews proposals from community-based heath care providers to continue offering outpatient services for the long-term...
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