{"id":6068,"date":"2016-06-13T10:47:35","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T14:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/?p=6068"},"modified":"2016-06-13T10:47:35","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T14:47:35","slug":"urgent-please-call-state-senator-state-representative-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/news\/urgent-please-call-state-senator-state-representative-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent!  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Lessor.\u00a0His staff\u00a0 person to contact to the sign on to the Senate letter is: \u00a0Stephanie Viola- email: stephanie.viola@masenate.gov \u00a0phone: 617-722-1291<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>To find out who your state representative and state senator are and how to contact their offices, click here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheredoivotema.com\/bal\/myelectioninfo.aspx\"target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.wheredoivotema.com\/bal\/myelectioninfo.aspx<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Background information on the Budget Conference Committee and State Budget Process: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/news\/next-step-state-budget-process-conference-committee\/\"target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/news\/next-step-state-budget-process-conference-committee\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Budget Conference Committee had their first meeting on Friday, June, 10th and they now have until the end of the month to reconcile the final House and Senate Budgets into one budget. 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