Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1989-02-24
Duration: 00:02:51

People: Elisa, Louis; Rushing, Byron; Vaillancourt, Meg; Volk, Richard;

Clip Description
Meg Vaillancourt reports that many African American legislators are opposed to the adoption of the latest version of the state budget proposed by the Ways and Means Committee of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Vaillancourt reviews the proposed budget, which includes cuts in rental assistance and welfare assistance. Vaillancourt notes that the budget also includes cuts to the Department of Social Services and the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. Vaillancourt interviews Shirley Owens Hicks (State Representative), Byron Rushing (State Representative), and Louis Elisa (Boston chapter of the NAACP) at a breakfast meeting of the Massachusetts Legislative Black Caucus. Owens Hicks and Elisa talk about the need for funding of human services. Rushing says that many voters are not opposed to new taxes to fund human services. Vaillancourt's report includes footage of Richard Volk (Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee) talking about the proposed budget in the chambers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

This edition of the Ten O'Clock News also included the following item:
Maureen Hart Hennessey of the Norman Rockwell Museum
African Americans in the paintings of Norman Rockwell

Series Description
A local program aimed at the Boston audience, The Ten O'Clock News debuted on January 15, 1976. Its two immediate predecessors were The Reporters and Evening Compass. A news and public affairs show focusing on neighborhood, local and state issues, The Reporters was produced and broadcast on WGBH from 1970 to 1973. The Reporters was then replaced by Evening Compass, which expanded into a twice-nightly news broadcast during the tense moments of Boston's busing crisis. On the air from 1973 to 1975, Evening Compass found an audience through its in-depth coverage of school desegregation in Boston, which began in 1974. The Ten O'Clock News stood out as an in-depth news program. It strove for a balance between local and national stories, between politics and the Arts. The last The Ten O'Clock News program was broadcast on May 30, 1991.

See also: http://main.wgbh.org/ton/programs/6348_01