What Do You Think of Patrick's Budget Vetoes?

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Good morning, Back Bay! Here are five things you need to know today, Monday, July 15:

1. PATRICK VETOES PARTS OF BUDGET: Gov. Deval Patrick acted on the budget recently passed by the Legislature, signing the $33.6 billion fiscal year 2014 budget into law but also issuing vetoes of $240 million in transportation funding and $177 billion in local aid.

What do you think of his decisions? Leave your thoughts below.

2. OUTSIDE THE BOX SCHEDULE: Are you enjoying the first-ever Outside the Box Festival on Boston Common? It'll be running through this coming weekend. Every day we'll be posting the schedule of events. Hope you have the chance to see some of it this week!

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4. THIS DAY IN HISTORY: On July 15, 1971, during a live television and radio broadcast, President Richard Nixon stuns the nation by announcing that he will visit communist China the following year. The statement marked a dramatic turning point in U.S.-China relations, as well as a major shift in American foreign policy. Information courtesy of History.com.