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Paiva Weed Pushes for Reversing Cuts to Disabled

Paiva Weed Pushes for Reversing Cuts to Disabled

By Bob Plain on May 25, 2012

Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed said she is pushing for restoring funds to programs for the developmentally disabled in this year’s budget. “From an overall policy perspective we believe decisions in last year’s budget resulted in a negative impact on the community,” she said. “The senate has consistently made restoration of funding for the developmentally [...]

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