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Baker-Polito Administration Announces Plan to Close Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Gap

by Chris Anderson | Feb 3, 2015 | Council in the News, Other | 0 comments

Solution protects local aid, avoids tax hikes and any draw from the Stabilization Fund By Governor of Massachusetts – Press Office BOSTON – Governor Charlie Baker and Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito today announced a series of proposals to close the Fiscal Year...

School finance issues influence debate on charter cap lift

by Melissa Roy | Mar 13, 2014 | Council in the News, Other, State House News Service | 0 comments

By Matt Murphy in the Dorchester Reporter State House News Service With the press on from charter school advocates to lift or eliminate the cap on charter enrollment in poorly performing school districts, the battle brewing over the issue in the Legislature appears to...

Gov. Patrick Hosts AF Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh

by Melissa Roy | Nov 8, 2013 | Council in the News, Other | 0 comments

BOSTON – Friday, November 8, 2013 – Governor Deval Patrick, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator Edward Markey, U.S. Representative John Tierney and U.S. Representative Niki Tsongas today welcomed General Mark A. Welsh III, Chief of Staff of the United States...

A Victory for Tech: Mass. Legislature Votes to Repeal Tech Tax

by Melissa Roy | Sep 26, 2013 | Council in the News, Other | 0 comments

NOTE: To that point, Chris Anderson, president of the Massachusetts High Technology Council, said in a statement that the engagement has already begun. “The Tech Tax has awakened a new generation of tech companies to the vital role they play in our state’s...

Doesn’t compute; Massachusetts software tax a terrible idea

by Melissa Roy | Jul 8, 2013 | Council in the News, Other | 0 comments

Worcester Telegram and Gazette Editorial Gov. Deval L. Patrick and state lawmakers are fond of touting Massachusetts’ comparative economic advantages, including high technology, computers and education. Nothing combines those advantages quite like computer and...

Proposed Sales Tax on Computer and Data Processing and Custom Software Opens Pandora’s Box

by Melissa Roy | Mar 18, 2013 | Council in the News, Other | 0 comments

Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation The proposal to tax computer and data processing services and custom software is a Pandora’s box, raising numerous problems for virtually all businesses in the state, large and small, and seriously undercutting the state’s...
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