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Massachusetts lawmakers override Gov. Romney on pay increase veto

By Jessica Bloustein

Boston, MA – The Massachusetts state legislature voted unanimously Wednesday to give forty-two million dollars in retroactive pay raises to thirteen thousand state college and university employees. The decision was an override of Governor Mitt Romney's September veto of the pay raise, contracted during former Governor Swift's administration.

W-A-M-C's Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Jessica Bloustein reports.