by Melissa Roy | Apr 9, 2013 | Boston Herald, Council in the News |
By Ira Kantor Boston Herald Gov. Deval Patrick’s $1.9 billion transportation plan has failed to win the support of business groups, which are lining up behind the Legislature’s $500 million bill, saying it maintains the state’s competitive edge while also putting...
by Melissa Roy | Apr 3, 2013 | Boston Herald, Council in the News |
By Chris Cassidy Boston Herald House and Senate leaders yesterday fired the loudest shots so far in a brewing Beacon Hill battle over taxes, tossing aside Gov. Deval Patrick’s $1 billion transportation punch list and floating their own scaled back $500 million plan —...
by Melissa Roy | Apr 2, 2013 | Boston Globe, Council in the News |
Top lawmakers offer $500m finance program with narrower aims than Patrick’s $1.9b agenda By Martine Powers Boston Globe Beacon Hill leaders announced a $500 million transportation finance plan Tuesday that would raise gas, tobacco, and business-related taxes to put...
by Melissa Roy | Apr 2, 2013 | Council in the News, State House News Service |
By Matt Murphy and Andy Metzger State House News Service STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, APRIL 2, 2013….House and Senate leaders on Tuesday roundly rejected Gov. Deval Patrick’s plan for $1.9 billion in new transportation and education investments, rolling out a proposal that...