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Here Come The Maura Healey Tax Increases
Remember when Maura Healey ran for governor on cutting taxes and delivered a pitiful tax cut bill that only upped the rental deduction by $50 per year? Well, now she's back with a tax increase proposal.
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Concord Prison To Close — Where Malcolm X, Joe ‘The Animal’ Barboza Once Lived
The state prison off Route 2 in Concord is slated to close during the summer of 2024 because of declining prison population. The medium security prison is currently operating at about half capacity, according to a statement from the Massachusetts Department of Correction reported by WBUR.
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GOP’s Matthew Muratore Joins Democrat Dylan Fernandes In Open Massachusetts Senate Seat Race On Cape and Plymouth Area
By Sam Doran State House News Service
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Massachusetts Has 11th Highest Corporate Tax Rate, Report Says
The Tax Foundation, a right-of-center think tank, released a report this week that found that Massachusetts had the 11th highest corporate tax rate in the country. It's a tax that 48 states impose (Wyoming and South Dakota don't), and the top Massachusetts rate is 8 percent.
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Nikki Haley Flips Dixville Notch, But Trump and Biden Win New Hampshire
The first town to vote in the first-in-the-nation primary went to former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley, but she wasn't able to win the state of New Hampshire. Haley got all six votes in Dixville Notch; this came after its five residents (at the time) voted for Joe
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Massachusetts State Ballot Law Commission Dismisses Attempt To Bar Donald Trump From State Ballot
The Massachusetts State Ballot Law Commission has dismissed a legal challenge seeking to keep Donald Trump from appearing on the state's presidential primary ballot in March. The commission said in a nine-page decision Monday that it lacks jurisdiction to toss Trump, because his name will appear on the
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Five Things You Should Know About The 2024 New Hampshire Presidential Primary
The 2024 New Hampshire presidential primary is finally happening this week. The first-in-the-nation primary take place Tuesday, January 23, after candidates have spent the past year trying to court Granite State voters.
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Now Approaching: MBTA Budget Gap North of $560 Million
By Chris Lisinski State House News Service
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