Council in the News
Massachusetts High Technology Council media coverage.
Patrick Pushes for Income Tax Hike
By Michael Levenson and Frank Phillips Boston Globe Governor Deval Patrick, unleashed from the political constraints of a looming election, unveiled a bold plan Wednesday for his last two years in...
Fiscal Cliff Threatens Bay State Industries
By Marie Szaniszlo Boston Herald If Congress doesn’t avoid the year-end “fiscal cliff,” billions of dollars worth of medical research and defense contracts would be slashed, and perhaps nowhere...
Massachusetts Post-Election: Looking to Raise Taxes and Expand Regulation to Balance Books
McDermott Will & Emery This article summarizes the consequences of the November 2012 election on tax policy and health care cost containment implementation in Massachusetts and the potential...
Massachusetts Defense Contractors Brace for Cuts
By Michael B. Farrell Boston Globe President Obama’s second term will almost certainly mean deep cuts in military spending that could lead to job losses in the state’s multibillion dollar defense...
A Win for Massachusetts: Non-Stop Flights to Tokyo
By Greg Bialecki and John Hailer Boston Globe With increased competition around the world to take advantage of the growing global economy, Massachusetts and New England offer a strong entry point...
Best Minds Must Meet in the Middle
When Gov. Deval Patrick and his top educational officials first proposed reforming the state's community college system, they knew they'd be in for a battle. The 15 community college presidents,...
Massachusetts Could Lose 50,000 Jobs in Decade
By Erin Ailworth GLOBE STAFF Looming federal budget cuts could cost Massachusetts more than 50,000 jobs over the next decade - mainly in key sectors such as defense, technology, and health care -...
LG Creates Military Assets Task Force
By Matt Murphy State House News Service With Gov. Deval Patrick out of state in Washington, D.C., Murray signed an executive order establishing the Commonwealth’s Military Asset and Security...
MCC’s ‘Gold Standard’ is at Core of State Reform
The need for strategic alignment among the various missions within the Massachusetts community-college system is necessary for many of the reasons cited in Sun reporter Lyle Moran's piece (Business...
In Mass., A Wary Response To Tax Proposal
Rate Cut Praised But Other Terms Called 'Barriers' By Todd Wallack Bay State executives had a mixed reaction to President Obama’s proposal to reduce the corporate tax rate from 35 to 28 percent,...
As Base Closings Loom, Hanscom’s Boosters Tout its Research Clout
By Scott Van Voorhis Boston Globe Word out of Washington, D.C., of another round of military base closings is showcasing Hanscom Air Force Base’s role in fueling the region’s high-tech economy as...
Scott Brown Urges Pentagon to Shield Hanscom From Any Cuts
By Bryan Bender Globe Staff WASHINGTON -- Senator Scott Brown today pressed the case to maintain the region’s military facilities, telling Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta that Hanscom Air Force...
State Officials Prepare as Feds Eye Military Base Changes
By Matt Murphy/State House News Service For Wicked Local Lexington — The potential for another round of military base closures across the country has Massachusetts officials preparing for a fight to...
Military Shift May Shield N.E. Jobs
Technology Needs Expected to Rise WASHINGTON - A new military emphasis on air and naval power that President Obama is expected to advocate in his State of the Union address tomorrow could soften the...
Defense Contracts Dwindle
As US Attacks its Budget Deficit, New England is Apt to Feel the Economic Pain By Hiawatha Bray GLOBE STAFF Money from defense contracts, a mainstay of the Massachusetts and New England economies,...
Defense Lobbyists Warn Cuts Threaten Mass. Jobs
Losses Could hurt Bay State Especially By Theo Emery Boston Globe WASHINGTON - Defense lobbyists are packing a potent weapon in the battle to protect their industry: a warning that more cuts to the...
Startup Incubator to Tap IP from Boston University Labs
By W. Marc Bernsau Boston Business Journal Bernie Prusaczyk, CEO of Atlantic VIC, says his startup incubator’s first company is expected to hatch by the end of the year. A new type of startup...
Pols Two-Faced on Drugs
By Christopher R. Anderson Pop quiz: Which Massachusetts state official has done the most to help the biopharma industry? Hint: It’s not someone who has gone on a “trade mission” or attended a...
Auto Repair Bill Draws Crowd of Supporters, Opponents to Hill
By Matt Murphy State House News Service STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, JUNE 28, 2011….The feverish battle over auto repair legislation spilled back into the State House Tuesday as advocates and opponents...
High-Tech Council Opposes ‘Right to Repair’
To the editor: At the Massachusetts High Technology Council, we make sure we speak up when the competitive advantage of our regional technology economy and our member companies is threatened....
High Tech Group Urges Look at Causes of ‘Job Exodus’
On the eve of a hearing at which officials from Fidelity Investments and Evergreen Solar are expected to defend their business decisions and acceptance of state subsidies and tax breaks, the leaders...