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By EMILEE KLEIN

SOUTH HADLEY — Facing a $2.3 million budget gap for the coming fiscal year, government and school officials agreed this week to head back to the drawing board to craft a spending plan that adequately meets the town’s needs.“I think what’s keeping us...

By Rebecca Mullen

SPRINGFIELD — After weeks of rising alarm over its proposed route cuts, the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority advisory board on Wednesday adopted a revised plan to eliminate four of its 63 bus routes and reduce service to nine more. Spared the ax were...

By ANDREW TAYLOR

WASHINGTON  — Republicans are pressing ahead with a budget plan designed to help the party to deliver on a GOP-only effort to overhaul the tax code.The plan before the House Budget Committee today features promises to cut more than $5 trillion from...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

PELHAM — School officials here say their district is facing a troubling budget shortfall after a local charter school erroneously listed two students as living outside the Pelham district last fall. The recent correction of that mistake, coupled with...

By Kellie Mejdrich

WASHINGTON — District of Columbia leaders on Monday warned Congress to stay out of local issues and keep policy riders aimed at D.C. laws away from spending bills, a battle the District fights annually.High on their list this year? Maintaining a D.C....

By RICHIE DAVIS

DEERFIELD — For the first time in years, the state may not have a budget in place for the fiscal year that begins July 1, because revenue projections are a “moving target,” legislators told Franklin County business leaders Friday.In addition, even...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

EASTHAMPTON — The school district plans to add five positions, including three new teachers, next school year as part of its $16.9 million budget for fiscal 2018.The City Council will vote on the city’s proposed $40,307,360 fiscal 2018 budget...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

Increases in funding for the University of Massachusetts to maintain its affordability, for Greenfield Community College to continue its Hampshire County classes and for up to 1,000 new preschool slots statewide are included in the Senate Committee on...