BOSTON (SHNS) - The Healey administration on Tuesday blasted out a press release warning that Massachusetts faces $3.7 billion in budget cuts, and pointing people to an updated dashboard tracking impacts of federal policy changes.

The announcement specifically warned, "President Trump and Congressional Republicans have cut $3.7 billion from the Massachusetts state budget this year alone." As the governor's staff considers whether to mark down state revenues for this year and make its own cuts, the $3.7 billion claim could be seen as an immediate hit to state finances, but the actual dashboard shows the projected spending cuts unfolding over four or more years.

A spokesperson for the governor clarified that the $3.7 billion figure represents decisions made in the first nine months of Trum

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