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Monster, Massachusetts High Technology Council, and Home Base—a Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Program—Launch New Veteran-Hiring Partnership
WESTON, Mass., May 25, 2022—Monster Worldwide is proud to announce a partnership with Massachusetts High Technology Council (MHTC) and Home Base in conjunction with the Red Sox Foundation to educate...
On ‘millionaires tax’ ballot question, Mass. high court weighs just how well voters speak legalese
On ‘millionaires tax’ ballot question, voters this fall will decide whether to raise taxes on the state’s wealthiest residents.
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...
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...
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...
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”...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...