State employee layoffs could be coming to Massachusetts
Republican Governor Charlie Baker is projecting a $294 million state budget gap, his office announced Friday. The fiscal hole could lead to government program cuts and perhaps state employee layoffs, officials said.
Reining in the state spending, budget chief Kristen Lepore said, could chop executive branch programs — which range from help for homeless families to funding for the State Police. But she did not specify what, exactly, might face the administration’s ax.
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