Council in the News
Massachusetts High Technology Council media coverage.
Businesses Weigh in on Transpo Taxes, Fees
By Bruce Mohl, CommonWealth, October 30, 2019 Support for increases broad, but not unanimous. ON THE EVE of a long-anticipated legislative debate on transportation, most members of a coalition of...
Biz Groups Have Guard Up Ahead of Tax Debate
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...
Raise Up Letter Tests Progressive Group’s Relationship With Business Community
By Jon Chesto, The Boston Globe, August 26, 2019 After sitting across the negotiating table from each other, Raise Up Massachusetts and Associated Industries of Massachusetts gradually...
Business Groups Fire Back at Raise Up’s Call for Higher Taxes
By Greg Ryan, Boston Business Journal, Aug. 26, 2019 Two powerful Massachusetts business-lobbying groups blasted the pro-labor organization Raise Up Massachusetts on Monday for calling out...
Raise Up Asks Lawmakers to Look to Biz, Not Just Workers, In Revenue Debate
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...
Biz Groups Bracing Against Push for Tax Increases
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...
Baker Seeks Arsenal of Tools in $18 Billion Transportation Bond
By Chris Lisinski, State House News Service, State House, Boston, July 25, 2019 Massachusetts businesses would receive a tax credit for allowing employees to work from home and the MBTA would...
To Fix Transit, Baker Aims to Get Business World on Board
By Jon Chesto, July 25, 2019 Solving our transportation mess will inevitably require help from the private sector. State government won’t be able to do it alone. Now, the Baker administration is...
To Clear Up Roads, Baker Proposes Corporate Tax Break for Telecommuting
By Greg Ryan, Jul 25, 2019 In a bid to ease the gridlock choking Greater Boston, Gov. Charlie Baker has proposed giving Massachusetts employers up to $50 million a year in tax breaks if they allow...
Talk of New Transportation Revenues Premature
By Christopher R. Anderson - The roaring Massachusetts private economy is the envy of the nation. For a second consecutive year, it has helped create a substantial state budget surplus—even while...
Massachusetts High Technology Council Holds 2019 Annual Meeting
June 14, 2019 BURLINGTON, Mass., June 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Before an audience of 200 technology and civic leaders at Boston's Seaport Hotel, the Massachusetts High Technology Council honored...
Bay State Business: Raytheon Merger
June 10, 2019 Bloomberg Business Radio Find audio file for Baystate Business: Raytheon Merger (Radio) here. Find audio file for Baystate Business: Millionaires Tax (Radio) here. Transcript not...
Raytheon Merger Is Another Win For Mass. — And Loss For Conn.
By Steve Brown June 10, 2019 Raytheon Co. and United Technologies Corp. are merging in a deal that creates one of the world's largest defense companies. (Elise Amendola/AP) Massachusetts state...
Baker Urges Tech Leaders to Focus on Education, Housing
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...
Raytheon, United Technologies Agree to Blockbuster Defense Deal
By Larry Edelman and Jon Chesto Globe Staff June 9, 2019 After charting its own course for nearly a century, Waltham-based Raytheon Co. plans to merge with United Technologies Corp. in a deal that...
Proposed Tax on High Earners Gets Warm Reception on Beacon Hill
By Victoria McGrane GLOBE STAFF A measure to revive a statewide tax on high earners received a glowing reception on Beacon Hill Thursday, suggesting an easy path ahead despite staunch opposition...
Diminished Threat of Legal Challenge as “Millionaires Tax” Returns
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...
Teachers, Workers Call for Lawmakers to Pass ‘Millionaires Tax’
April 11, 2019 3:18 PM By Steph Solis | ssolis@masslive.com Hudson humanities teacher Alex Hoyt said he has seen the impact of the education funding gaps in his classrooms. In Worcester, he said he...
A 2nd Try at a Surcharge on the Wealthy
By Jon Chesto GLOBE STAFF Welcome to the Millionaires Tax Showdown, Part 2. It could get ugly. The two sides last faced off in court. They’re girding for battle again on Thursday — this time before...
Council President Chris Anderson on the Importance of Fiscal Stability and Private Sector Growth
Massachusetts has a lot going for it from a private economy standpoint but there are some troubling indicators when we take a look at data that measures our long term financial obligations on the...
Massachusetts No. 44 In New Fiscal Stability Index
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"...