Nov 25, 2018 | CommonWealth Beacon, Council in the News
By Robert L. Reynolds and Christopher R. Anderson We’re accustomed to winning in Massachusetts. The Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics, and Bruins have combined to earn 11 championships since 2000. No other region of the US comes close to these accomplishments in...
Jul 5, 2018 | Boston Globe, Council in the News
July 04, 2018 We’ve heard the expression “the devil’s in the details” bandied about recently. It’s a cliché that can contain some truth. But the details can sometimes hide devils. Take the Massachusetts economy, for example, where statistics show a state firing on all...
Jun 27, 2018 | Boston Globe, Council in the News, Uncategorized
By Jon Chesto and Joshua Miller JUNE 18, 2018 The Supreme Judicial Court on Monday rejected a ballot question that would have raised the state income tax on Massachusetts’ highest earners and put that money into transportation and education, delivering a crushing...
Jun 27, 2018 | Boston Globe, Council in the News
By Rachelle G. Cohen JUNE 18, 2018 Make no mistake, Massachusetts just dodged the economic bullet that the so-called millionaires tax would have been. But to those public employee unions and progressives that were virtually salivating over the potential $1.9 billion...
Apr 11, 2018 | Boston Globe, Council in the News, Uncategorized
By Jeff Jacoby Sometime this spring, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will decide whether the so-called Fair Share Amendment can appear on the state ballot in November. The proposal would amend the Commonwealth’s constitution, which for more than 100 years has...
