BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Deval Patrick has signed a $30.6 billion budget that he said lowers overall state spending while laying the groundwork for an ongoing economic recovery in Massachusetts.
The Democratic governor signed the budget in his Statehouse office on Monday, 11 days into the 2012 fiscal year that began July 1. He issued no additional vetoes to cut spending below the levels included in the budget plan sent to him by lawmakers.
The budget is one of the tightest in recent memory as the state continues to pull out of the recent recession.
The spending plan contains no broad-based taxes, draws $185 million from the state's rainy day fund, and overhauls Massachusetts' public defender program by reducing the state's reliance on higher-paid private attorneys.
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