Council in the News
Massachusetts High Technology Council media coverage.
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...
Baystate Business: Millionaires Tax (Radio)
Bloomberg Baystate Business Radio for Thursday, November 18, 2021 Massachusetts High Technology Council President Chris Anderson joins hosts Joe Shortsleeve, Janet Wu, and Anne Mostue to discuss the...
Campaign behind initiative in Mass. to classify app-based drivers as independent contractors submits 260,000 signatures to county administrators
November 18, 2021Ballotpedia NewsBy: Victoria Antram On Nov. 16, the Massachusetts Coalition for Independent Work announced that they had submitted a total of 260,000 signatures to local...
Business group threatens SJC challenge to millionaires tax language
November 17, 2021Boston Business Journal By: Greg Ryan The Massachusetts High Technology Council is likely to launch a court challenge to the ballot language for the so-called millionaires'...
Where Massachusetts leaders stand on ‘app-based workers’ remaining contractors
October 11, 2021Boston Business Journal By: Lucia Maffei A bill that would designate app-based drivers as independent contractors, while creating a small benefits program for drivers, is...
Should Massachusetts require employers upon request to disclose the pay scale for a position to a job applicant or an employee in that position?
September 12, 2021 The Boston Globe By: John Laidler NO Christopher R. Anderson President, Massachusetts High Technology Council; Westford resident Eliminating wage discrimination...
Massachusetts Medical Leaders Advise Workplace Vaccine Mandates
August 10, 2021Boston HeraldBy: Amy Sokolow Business and medical leaders from some of Boston’s biggest institutions have instituted vaccine mandates for their workplaces, and think others should do...
Baystate Business: Breakthrough Cases (Radio)
Bloomberg Baystate Business Radio for Friday, July 30, 2021 Massachusetts High Technology Council President Chris Anderson joins hosts Tom Moroney, Kim Carrigan and Anne Mostue to discuss the...
Baystate Business: Congressman Keating (Radio)
July 14, 2021Bloomberg Baystate Business (Radio)Hosts: Tom Moroney, Joe Shortsleeve, and Kim Carrigan | Producer: Dan Pierce Bloomberg Baystate Business for Wednesday, July 14, 2021 | Click HERE to...
Three Biz Groups Take Sides in Debate Over App-Based Drivers, Benefits
July 8, 2021State House News ServiceBy: Chris Lisinksi A trio of regional business organizations in Massachusetts threw their support behind gig economy giants in the growing debate over pay and...