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UMass tuition, fees could be frozen

Governor Deval Patrick ­increased the political pressure on state legislators to back his $1.9 billion tax plan to invest in education and transportation Wednesday with a roll-out of an online map that allows constituents to see the impact the spending would have on their districts.

The map, which outlines for people the proposed education spending and transportation projects for each of their ­communities, is broken down by the state’s 200 House and Senate districts.

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Any  funds generated by any new taxes will go into theh general funds of the Commonwealth and be squandered , as has been in the past ....... and will be so in the future.

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