House Republicans host roundtable discussion with municipal leaders amid state budget crisis

by: mdillon January 27, 2009

More than two dozen leaders—mayors and first selectmen—from communities throughout the state were at the Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 27 for a roundtable discussion organized by House Republicans. Municipal leaders such as Canton First Selectman Richard Barlow gave legislators suggestions about how they could make life easier for their communities in the face of the [...]

GOP legislators reach across the aisle to forge compromise on contracts

by: mdillon January 13, 2009

State Rep. Tim LeGeyt (R-Canton) will join his Legislative Republican colleagues in offering a compromise proposal during Wednesday’s legislative session requiring an arbitrated union contract with an $87 million price tag to be part of budget negotiations instead of allowing the corrections officers’ pact to become law within the next 30 days, absent legislative approval.
“With [...]