April tax plunge creates budget bind, Baker does not plan cuts

April tax plunge creates budget bind, Baker does not plan cuts

STATE HOUSE — Despite sluggish tax collections for the state's largest revenue month appearing to put the state's budget in a squeeze, Gov. Charlie Baker has no plans to impose another round of emergency cuts to keep the state's budget in balance with only two months until the end of the year, officials said Wednesday.

With the Baker administration counting on a revenue influx to balance this year's budget, state officials reported Wednesday that tax collections in April, usually a big month for receipts, fell by 3 percent compared to April 2015.

Women in combat isn’t just a women’s issue
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Women in combat isn’t just a women’s issue

Charlotte Hays

Women in combat isn't just a women's issue.

Sorry, feminists, but it is a men's issue, too, because putting women in the thick of battle also will affect the way men fight and live or die.

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