Legislators plan to kick off fiscal 2025 finances hearings on the identical day that joint committees should make selections on hundreds of payments.
The first finances listening to on Wednesday, Feb. 7 in Gardner Auditorium will function testimony from Administration and Finance Secretary Matt Gorzkowicz and “other invited participants,” in line with a Senate Ways and Means Committee media advisory.
Ways and Means Chairs Sen. Michael Rodrigues and Rep. Aaron Michlewitz additionally stated Monday they need to hear from Gov. Maura Healey.
“As we consider Governor Healey’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2025, it’s critical we remain clear-eyed about our current fiscal environment and bring the budget conversation to all corners of our state, encouraging our members, our communities, and the public to provide feedback,” Rodrigues and Michlewitz stated in a joint assertion.
Toyota, GM concern warning on older airbags
Toyota and General Motors are telling the house owners of about 61,000 older Corolla, Matrix, RAV4 and Pontiac Vibe fashions to cease driving them as a result of their Takata air bag inflators are vulnerable to exploding and hurling shrapnel.
The pressing warning Monday covers sure Corolla compact vehicles and Matrix hatchbacks from the 2003 and 2004 mannequin years, in addition to the RAV4 small SUV from 2004 and 2005. Also lined are about 11,000 Pontiac Vibes from 2003 and 2004, that are primarily the identical because the Matrix and had been made on the identical California manufacturing facility. Most of the automobiles are within the U.S.
“If the air bag deploys, a part inside is more likely to explode and shoot sharp metal fragments, which could cause serious injury or death to the driver or passengers,” Toyota stated in a press release.
Owners can go to nhtsa.gov/remembers and enter their 17-digit car identification quantity to see if their vehicles are affected.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”