Published in the North Reading Transcript on May 7, 2026
Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester), whose district includes North Reading, issued the following statement Tuesday regarding the FY’27 $63.3 billion state budget recommendation released by the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, with specific emphasis on the need to increase funding in both Unrestricted General Government Aid (UGGA) and Chapter 70 K-12 education funding…