AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) - In Amherst, leaders from around the state will come together at UMass. Amherst Cinema announces 2025 “Science on Screen” season The Joint Committee on Ways and Means Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Hearing will take a look at education and local aid plans that are laid out in Governor Healey's $62 billion budget proposal. The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation states that the plan increases spending over the Fiscal Year 2025 GAA by $4.3 billion and over the administration’s estimated spending level of $60.256 billion by $1.8 billion. Those portions of the budget are now subject to big changes as the Trump administration is working to dismantle to Department of Education.  The meeting will take place Monday morning at 11:00 at UMass Amherst in person at the UMass Commons Auditorium and virtually. Representatives from the Amherst/Pelham Regional School district will be there to advocate for regional public schools. Local News Headlines Decades in making, South Coast rail service begins Monday These Massachusetts neighborhoods rank among the 2025 ‘Best Places to Live’ Massachusetts native Conor James back on The Voice for battle rounds Shooting at Brockton Mall leaves two teens dead WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on WWLP.com. ...read more read less