by Karen Catania | Aug 27, 2019 | Council in the News, State House News Service
By Colin A. Young, State House News Service, August 26, 2019 Business organizations that have resisted new or higher taxes to funnel more money into public transportation are hitting back at the advocacy group Raise Up Massachusetts and its call for an...
by Karen Catania | Aug 21, 2019 | Council in the News, State House News Service
By Colin A. Young, State House News Service, State House, Boston, Aug. 21, 2019 With at least the House gearing up to take a run at a broad transportation financing package when legislators get back to work this fall, the battle lines are being drawn as business...
by Karen Catania | Aug 9, 2019 | Council in the News, State House News Service
By Colin A. Young, The State House News Service, Aug. 8, 2019 Citing the state’s recent economic performance, a tech sector business organization focused on state tax policy said the state’s fiscal disciple is improving, but warned of long-term stability...
by meshagency | Jun 10, 2019 | Council in the News, 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 | Council in the News, 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 | Council in the News, 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...