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		<title>Senator Spilka Votes to Pass Balanced Budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 18:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Boston) – The Massachusetts Senate on Friday voted unanimously to pass a $32.45 billion budget for fiscal year 2013 (FY13), announced Senator Karen Spilka. The spending plan remains consistent with the Senate’s unfaltering pledge to prioritize funding for cities and towns and commitments that allow for greater transparency and smarter financial planning for the future. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karenspilka.com&#038;blog=1022509&#038;post=2821&#038;subd=karenspilka&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spilka Visits Open Mobile to Celebrate State House Small Business Week 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 20:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Senator Karen Spilka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chandra Bajpai, Rep. Sannicandro, Leila Dillon, Rep. Walsh, Bob Angelo, Sen. Spilka, and April Anderson Lamoureux (Framingham) &#8211; Today, Senator Karen Spilka (D-Ashland) joined her colleagues in promoting “On Main Street,” an event organized by the state legislature’s Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business in honor of National Small Business Week, an annual [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karenspilka.com&#038;blog=1022509&#038;post=2816&#038;subd=karenspilka&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spilka Joins Open Mobile World Wide, Inc. to Celebrate National Small Business Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 18:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Senator Karen Spilka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday, May 20th officially kicks off National Small Business Week, created in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy to recognize the important contributions of our nation’s nearly 27 million entrepreneurs and small businesses to our economy. In celebration of the week, members of the Massachusetts State Senate and House will visit and take pictures with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karenspilka.com&#038;blog=1022509&#038;post=2813&#038;subd=karenspilka&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Spilka Files Amendments to Senate FY13 Budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 22:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Senator Karen Spilka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Senator Karen Spilka filed amendments to the Senate fiscal year 2013 budget that will directly benefit MetroWest, including support for the Natick Veterans Oral History Project and Framingham-based Tempo, a resource center helping underprivileged young people become healthy and productive adults. “This budget supports the important programs and initiatives that ensure the Commonwealth remains [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karenspilka.com&#038;blog=1022509&#038;post=2808&#038;subd=karenspilka&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Approves First-In-Nation Payment Reform Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 01:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Senator Karen Spilka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON – Crunching through 265 amendments during two full days of public debate, the Senate on Thursday capped a framework of nation-leading health care reforms with landmark cost-control legislation that will save the Commonwealth $150 billion in the next 15 years while improving the quality of care and increasing the transparency and accountability of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karenspilka.com&#038;blog=1022509&#038;post=2805&#038;subd=karenspilka&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Ways and Means Releases Fiscal Year 2013 Budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 17:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Senator Karen Spilka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Boston) – The Senate Committee on Ways and Means announced today its funding recommendations for fiscal year 2013 (FY13). The budget plan showcases the Senate’s unfaltering pledge to prioritize commitments that allow for greater transparency and smarter financial planning for the future. The Senate proposal totals $32.275 billion with notable support for local aid, education, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karenspilka.com&#038;blog=1022509&#038;post=2798&#038;subd=karenspilka&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Approves &#8220;The Valor Act&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://karenspilka.com/2012/05/03/senate-approves-the-valor-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 19:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Senator Karen Spilka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Massachusetts Senate on Thursday unanimously passed “The Valor Act” – new legislation that will expand benefits and increase access to a range of services for veterans, active-duty military and their families, Senator Karen Spilka (D-Ashland) announced. “Every day, the citizens of the Commonwealth enjoy the gifts of freedom and democracy because of the brave [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karenspilka.com&#038;blog=1022509&#038;post=2791&#038;subd=karenspilka&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jobs Creation Commission Hosting Boston Hearing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 13:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Senator Karen Spilka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Karen Spilka and Representative Joseph Wagner, co-chairs of the Jobs Creation Commission, are hosting a Public Hearing in Boston as part of the Regional Hearings Tour they kicked off in October 2011. In addition to their monthly meetings in Boston, the co-chairs have conducted Regional Hearings across the Commonwealth to solicit public testimony from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karenspilka.com&#038;blog=1022509&#038;post=2788&#038;subd=karenspilka&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spilka Hosting 6th Annual State House Showcase of the Natick Soldier Systems Center</title>
		<link>http://karenspilka.com/2012/04/27/spilka-hosting-6th-annual-state-house-showcase-of-the-natick-soldier-systems-center/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[State House Showcase of the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems Center Wednesday, May 2, 2012 State House, Grand Staircase 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. On Wednesday, May 2, 2012, Senator Karen Spilka is hosting the 6th annual State House showcase of the U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center in Natick. For nearly 60 years, the U.S. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karenspilka.com&#038;blog=1022509&#038;post=2780&#038;subd=karenspilka&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Spilka Announces Holliston and Medway Office Hours</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Senator Karen Spilka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, April 30th, join Senator Spilka and Puja Mehta, Senator Spilka’s District and Constituent Services Director, for district office hours. They will update constituents on the latest news and events, and answer any questions you may have. HOLLISTON OFFICE HOURS Holliston Senior Center 150 Goulding Street, Holliston 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. MEDWAY OFFICE [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=karenspilka.com&#038;blog=1022509&#038;post=2777&#038;subd=karenspilka&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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