May 1, 2020 | Council in the News, State House News Service
May 1, 2020State House News ServiceBy Colin Young BOSTON, MAY 1, 2020…..Forced economic shutdowns and social distancing in Massachusetts have contained the coronavirus to the point where an infected person is now, on average, spreading the virus to less than one...
Mar 11, 2020 | Council in the News, State House News Service
March 10, 2020 By Matt Murphy and Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE, BOSTON…With the number of cases of coronavirus more than doubling from the day before, Gov. Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency Tuesday and imposed broad restrictions on travel for many state...
Feb 26, 2020 | Council in the News, State House News Service
February 26, 2020By Matt Murphy and Chris Lisinski Almost a year in the making, expectations for the roughly $600 million tax bill rolled out Wednesday by House Speaker Robert DeLeo to pay for improvements in the state’s transportation system were high, and...
Nov 18, 2019 | Council in the News, State House News Service
By Matt Murphy, State House News Service, November 18, 2019 Gov. Charlie Baker has said and repeated over the weekend that he thinks a regional approach to carbon pricing and curbing vehicle emissions makes “so much more sense” than putting a higher tax on...
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...
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...
