by meshagency | Jun 10, 2019 | State House News Service
By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JUNE 10, 2019…..Even as industry leaders warned how the tax hike could erode the state’s economic strength, Gov. Charlie Baker steered clear in a speech to technology leaders Monday of the millionaires tax proposal that...
by meshagency | Apr 11, 2019 | State House News Service
By Chris Lisinski STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, APRIL 11, 2019 The last time activists pushed for a surtax on income above $1 million, it was more or less expected that the proposal would face a legal challenge. But now, less than a year after the...
by meshagency | Feb 27, 2019 | State House News Service |
By Michael P. Norton – SHNS Despite its economic strengths, Massachusetts ranks near the bottom in a new fiscal stability index that sizes up the states, its position pulled down by “heavy” government health care, borrowing and employee pension...
by Mark Gallagher | Feb 6, 2018 | State House News Service |
By Andy Metzger Supporters of a constitutional amendment to tax only the highest earners in Massachusetts, generating funds for education and transportation, encountered some skeptical Supreme Judicial Court justices on Tuesday who questioned the constitutionality of...
by Mark Gallagher | Dec 28, 2017 | State House News Service |
By Katie Lannan Cost to ratepayers should be the top priority for state officials weighing clean energy projects, the Massachusetts High Technology Council said Thursday. In a letter to Department of Energy Resources Commissioner Judith Judson, the council cited the...
by Mark Gallagher | Dec 11, 2017 | State House News Service |
By Andy Metzger A proposed constitutional amendment that roughly 70 percent of Bay State lawmakers voted to put before voters is “truly radical,” a group of business representatives told the state’s highest court in a brief filed Monday. Christopher...
