Legislators have asked for $417m so far

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:58:59 -0500

State legislators have now asked for $417.3 million.

Sixteen more bills filed since Dome last checked have added another $72.7 million in requested spending, even as the state faces a $2 billion shortfall.

The largest request of the most recent batch is $29.8 million for pay raises for community college faculty and staff. The smallest is $200,000 for research on what is believed to be the sunken remains of Queen Anne's Revenge, the flagship of the pirate Blackbeard.

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Legislators have asked for $417m so far