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As House budget debate begins, Massachusetts municipalities call for increasing local aid

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The Massachusetts House will act on more than 1,500 budget amendments.

Cities and towns also want higher reimbursement for school busing costs

The Massachusetts House this week is debating a new state budget and cities and towns are looking for more money.

Joining a call from the Massachusetts Municipal Association, Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno wrote a letter to the city’s legislative delegation seeking an increase in unrestricted local aid, more state money to repair local streets, and for funding to support existing programs in the city.

The letter also endorsed earmarks for local nonprofits.

WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Sarno.

The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.