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Highs & Lows as Governor Weighs in on Budget Due to the weakened financial situation of Massachusetts as a whole, cutbacks have occurred in various programs across the state and have affected the funding of some essential cancer-fighting and prevention programs. The Conference Committee settled budgetary differences between the

Ambassadors Meet with Congressman John Tierney June 30, 2009 On Tuesday, June 30 ACS CAN volunteers (from left) Val Deland, Carol Clark, Kirsten Paragona, Michael Belkin, and Society staffer Katie King met with Congressman John Tierney to present him with almost 1,000 “Linking Together for Health Care” bracelets signed by

Survivors and ACS CAN advocates, Paul Richards and Ryann Bresnahan (far left), met with Anne Thompson (middle), NBC News' Chief Environmental Affairs Correspondent at the 2009 7News Partners Healthcare Health & Fitness Expo in Boston.

Just before Memorial Day, the Senate voted to finalize its Fiscal Year 2010 budget proposal. Following a similar trend of the House of Representatives, the Senate has voted to make cuts in the Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Programs along with the Tobacco Control Program, yet the two branches differ