Governor Deval Patrick and House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi embraced briefly at yesterday's press conference. It was the first time they have appeared together publicly since the speaker orchestrated a crushing defeat of the governor's casino proposal.
(SUZANNE KREITER/GLOBE STAFF)
State takes aim at police details
Trims would save about $5m a year
Governor Deval Patrick and House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi embraced briefly at yesterday's press conference. It was the first time they have appeared together publicly since the speaker orchestrated a crushing defeat of the governor's casino proposal.
(SUZANNE KREITER/GLOBE STAFF)
The state's top leaders vowed yesterday to use their combined political might to take on powerful police unions by limiting construction details, a longstanding cash cow for police officers that critics for years have called a waste of taxpayer dollars. (Full article: 972 words)
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