Council in the News
On ‘millionaires tax’ ballot question, Mass. high court weighs just how well voters speak legalese
May 4, 2022The Boston GlobeBy: Matt Stout and Jon Chesto Massachusetts voters this fall will decide whether to raise taxes on the state’s wealthiest residents. Before that, the state’s highest court is weighing a wonky question: How well do voters speak...
Mass. High court judges hear ballot question arguments
May 3, 2022Boston HeraldBy: Matthew Medsger It’s hard to say how the state’s highest court took arguments from both sides of issues due to be decided by voters in the fall. “The justices did not tip their hand and asked good questions to both sides,” Dan Ryan,...
State high court weighs wording of millionaires’ tax question
May 4, 2022Gloucester Daily TimesBy: Christian M. Wade BOSTON — Opponents of a proposed millionaires’ tax urged the state’s highest court on Wednesday to set the wording of the referendum inching toward the November ballot. The referendum will ask voters to...
State’s Supreme Judicial Court to hear arguments on millionaire’s tax
May 3, 2022Boston HeraldBy: Matthew Medsger The state’s Supreme Judicial Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday concerning the wording of a ballot question which would ask voters if they think incomes over $1 million should be taxed at a higher rate. “It is...
Business groups urge high court to clarify ‘millionaires tax’
May 2, 2022The Eagle TribuneBy: Christian M. Wade | Statehouse News Reporter BOSTON — Business groups are urging the state’s highest court to set the wording of a proposed “millionaires tax” that goes before voters in November. The referendum, which was cleared...
Surtax critics ask high court to clarify ballot question
January 31, 2022The Eagle TribuneBy: Christian M. Wade BOSTON — Opponents of a proposal to tax the state’s top earners have asked the Supreme Judicial Court to require election officials to include a “fair, accurate description” of the referendum that will go...
Campaigns supporting and opposing Massachusetts additional income tax amendment report $1.6 million in contributions
January 31, 2022Ballotpedia NewsBy: Victoria Antram In November, Massachusetts voters will decide on a constitutional amendment that would create an additional income tax of 4% for income over $1 million, in addition to the existing 5% flat-rate income tax, and...
Surtax Opponents Take Summary Case To SJC
January 27, 2022State House News ServiceBy: Colin A. Young JAN. 27, 2022.....The campaign over the proposed Constitutional amendment to add a surtax on household income over $1 million took a step into the courtroom Thursday as opponents filed suit to influence...
Critics ask SJC to review wording of ‘millionaires tax’ ballot description
January 27, 2022The Boston GlobeBy: Jon Chesto The Massachusetts High Technology Council is returning to the state Supreme Judicial Court for help in its effort to fight a proposed income-tax surcharge for higher earners that is headed to the ballot in...
Millionaire’s tax opponents sue over ballot language
January 27, 2022Commonwealth MagazineBy: Shira Schoenberg OPPONENTS OF THE so-called “millionaire’s tax” filed a lawsuit Thursday asking the Supreme Judicial Court to change the summary of the constitutional amendment that will appear on the November 2022...
Millionaire tax opponents file SJC action to prevent ‘misleading’ of voters
January 27, 2022Boston HeraldBy: Erin Tiernan Opponents of a so-called millionaire tax slated for the November ballot have filed a complaint with the state’s highest court over potentially “misleading” language state election officials might use to sway voters....
High-earners tax may bring in considerably less than supporters estimate, study says
January 13, 2022The Boston GlobeBy: Jon Chesto Proponents of an income tax surcharge for higher earners in Massachusetts say the tax would bring in roughly $2 billion a year for transportation and education. A new study suggests that could be wishful thinking....
New ranking puts Mass. among worst in U.S. for business tax climate
January 7, 2022Boston Business Journal By: Doug Banks The business tax climate in Massachusetts remained among the worst in the U.S., according to a newly released index, but it's still doing better than its Southern New England neighbors — and far better than...
Boston Business Journal’s 2021 Year in Review
January 2, 2022Boston Business Journal By: Boston Business Journal Staff In a year that was supposed to be when everything got back to normal after the tumult of 2020 — but ended up as a continuation of the upheaval — here are the biggest business stories of...
COVID could soon turn from a pandemic to an endemic, panel says
December 14, 2021Boston HeraldBy: Amy Sokolow Businesses that want, or need, to get people back into the office can take a page from some of the public-facing organizations that have had no choice but to keep their workplace open—by testing, requiring masks and...
Baker signs $4B ARPA bill but pushes back on how to deploy bonuses, health funds
December 13, 2021Boston Business Journal By: Staff Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday signed $4 billion legislation allocating a large chunk of the state’s American Rescue Plan Act funding, but he rejected a handful of provisions approved by lawmakers that he said would...
With Charlie Baker out, who will big business back for governor?
December 6, 2021The Boston GlobeBy: Shirley Leung After three straight governors with close ties to the state’s private sector, business leaders wonder if they’ll still have a friend in the corner office on Beacon Hill Massachusetts has a history of...
Confusion mounts over federal employer vaccination mandate
December 1, 2021Boston HeraldBy: Amy Sokolow Courts around the country have eaten away at President Biden’s vaccination mandate for both federal contractors and employers with over 100 employees, leaving those tasked with implementing the edict in the lurch. “There...
Bold Types: The CEO running his Wakefield company from an attic has a remote-work model for all | It’s all in the wording
November 29, 2021The Boston GlobeBy: Jon Chesto Gladys Vega takes a bow and goes back to work; BC taps Barros; Battle brews over millionaires tax ballot wording; The value of a neighborhood bank Andy Freed isn’t the kind of chief executive who longs for...
Massachusetts is now flush with cash, possibly reshaping debate over proposed millionaires tax
November 25, 2021The Boston GlobeBy: Matt Stout Massachusetts has nearly $5 billion in unspent federal stimulus dollars to spread to its residents. At least another $8 billion in aid is coming from the US government to help repair roads, bolster public transit,...