Council in the News
Massachusetts High Technology Council media coverage.
Income Surtax Opponents Call Proposal “Truly Radical”
By Andy Metzger A proposed constitutional amendment that roughly 70 percent of Bay State lawmakers voted to put before voters is "truly radical," a group of business representatives told the state's...
Massachusetts to Offer Tax Credits for Small Businesses that Hire Veterans
By Shira Schoenberg "Certification through the New England Tech Vets program shows that a company is not just saying they are veteran friendly. It shows they are taking concrete steps to better...
Study: Proposition 80 Would Give MA 2nd Highest Combined State & Federal Capital Gains Tax Rate in U.S.
By Editorial Staff If voters approve Proposition 80, scheduled to appear on the statewide ballot next year, Massachusetts’ top capital gains tax rate would go from 30th highest in the nation to...
Editorial: Time Out on Tax Hike
By Herald Staff An alliance of business groups is poking sharp holes in the effort to establish a millionaire’s tax in Massachusetts, arguing in a new lawsuit not just that the proposed...
Coalition Sues to Block Tax
By Marie Szaniszlo "“When you amend the constitution, you prevent the Legislature from touching it. The process of setting taxing and spending policy via amendments will open the floodgates to a...
Business Groups Ask State Court to Kill Tax Proposal
By Greg Ryan Leaders of five Massachusetts business advocacy groups are asking the state’s highest court to prevent the so-called “millionaires tax” proposal from going before voters, arguing that...
Business Groups Go to SJC to Challenge Tax Proposal
By John Chesto “If I were voting on something, I would want to make sure the courts have already reviewed that what I’m voting on is actually constitutional,” said Anderson, one of the plaintiffs....
Biz Groups File Challenge with SJC in Bid to Derail Income Surtax
By Michael P. Norton Proponents of an income surtax on high earners face a new challenge as opponents, led by large business groups, are going to court in a bid to derail a constitutional amendment...
Amazon could find those 50,000 jobs hard to fill in Boston area
By Andy Rosen "Research by the Mass. High Technology Council shows the state has the highest per capita concentrations of science, technology, engineering, and math degrees and also has the highest...
Missouri Treasurer’s Dashboard Compares State, National Financial Metrics
The Missouri Economic Dashboard, believed to be the first economic dashboard launched by a state treasurer, examines state and county financial data in comparison to national averages. By Theo...
Lawmakers Again Reject Baker’s Plan to Rein in Health Care Costs
By Priyanka Dayal McCluskey “We’re talking about a program that has become the dominant feature of state spending,” said Mark Gallagher, executive vice president at the Massachusetts High Technology...
Baker Signs $40B Budget Without Health Fee, Vetoes $320M
By Bob Salsberg "But the governor's approach was supported by major business groups including the Massachusetts High Technology Council, which had agreed to the assessment only on the condition that...
Baker Gives Legislature Summer Assignment: MassHealth Reform
By Matt Murphy "Massachusetts High Technology Council President Chris Anderson said his organization's support for the assessment deal negotiated with Baker "has always been absolutely conditioned...
Baker Signs 2018 Budget, but Vetoes $320m in Spending
By Jim O’Sullivan and Priyanka Dayal McCluskey "Chris Anderson, president of the Mass. High Technology Council, said there was “no policy or public expenditure issue . . . that will have greater...
Editorial: Baker Shows Way on Health Reform
By Herald Staff The Baker administration has thrown the Legislature — and the taxpayers — a lifeline when it comes to dealing with rising Medicaid costs — which account for nearly 40 percent of the...
An 80 Percent Tax Surcharge on Millionaires? Don’t Fall For It, Voters
By Jeff Jacoby Massachusetts voters have made some reckless choices over the years (two words: Barney Frank), but on the subject of income taxes their judgment has been consistently prudent and...
Baker Offers Budget Conferees $315 Million Health Care Plan
By Matt Murphy Employers would be counted on to pay $200 million more a year over the next two years to help pay for rising expenses in the state's $16.6 billion Medicaid program under a plan the...
Gov. Baker Revamps Health Insurance Business Fee Proposal
By Matt Stout Gov. Charlie Baker is scrapping his controversial plan for a new $2,000 per-employee fee on businesses that don't offer health insurance in favor of a new proposal his aides say would...
Baker Scales Back Plan for Health Care Fee on Employers
By Priyanka Dayal McCluskey and Jon Chesto “There are lots of priorities in state government [and] providing health insurance to people is certainly an important one,” said Mark Gallagher, executive...
Tech Industry Group Hires Law Firm to Challenge ‘Millionaire’s Tax’
By Greg Ryan "Mark Gallagher, an executive vice president at the tech council, told the Business Journal that while the legal arguments against the law are still being worked out, opponents would...
Let’s Not Leave Paid Family Leave Up to a Ballot Initiative
By Shirley Leung There is little common ground between supporters and opponents of paid family leave legislation, but this much they agree on: We can’t do this by ballot petition. That’s because...