Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito visited Franklin County on Thursday, signing Community Compact agreements with officials in Bernardston and Whately.According to a state press release, by entering a Community Compact, a community agrees to implement.
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Hinds, Blais highlight benefits for hilltowns in state budget > >Gov. Charlie Baker signs the fiscal year 2022 state budget into law on July 16. Courtesy photo
Published: 8/2/2021 3:59:36 PM
The $47.6 billion fiscal year 2022 state budget contains a number of items of importance to the hilltowns as outlined by two lawmakers for the region, Sen. Adam Hinds, D-Pittsfield, and Rep. Natalie Blais, D-Sunderland.
“I think we work really effectively together in terms of tag-teaming in the State House,” Blais said.
The budget, for the fiscal year that began July 1, was signed into law July 16 by Gov. Charlie Baker.
“We go about budgets and every policy debate with a real eye on rural communities,” Hinds said, noting that the Western Massachusetts delegation works together as a team.