This story originally appeared on MassLive.com. There is never a shortage of ways to spend state money. Western Massachusetts state senators are finding new proposed uses for the money being returned to the state by General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) Sen. Eric Lesser, a Longmeadow Democrat, is calling for the money to be repurposed to admit more students into the state’s vocational schools.

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