By Paul Tuthill
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Amherst, MA – The state budget writers in the Massachusetts Legislature have begun a series of public hearings on the spending plans for the fiscal year that begins July First.. The joint Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing Tuesday on the portions of Governor Deval Patrick's proposed state budget that deal with education and local aid WAMC"s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill reports