Beacon Hill Dems Choose State’s Rainy Day Fund Over Tax Break for Families With Kids
By Matt Murphy State House News Service Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker's proposal to double the tax exemption for dependent children…
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By Matt Murphy State House News Service Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker's proposal to double the tax exemption for dependent children…
Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Kathleen Theoharides told a Senate oversight committee Monday it could expect the early framework for a…
By Chris Lisinski STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A long-running debate over the state's estate tax revived on Beacon Hill…
By Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Unsatisfied with the progress or lack thereof at the bargaining table, the state'…
By Michael P. Norton and Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, who has been open to raising taxes,…
By Chris Lisinski STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE NEWTON — U.S. Representative Joe Kennedy III continues his now-public debate over whether to…
By Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Even as its first planned project hangs in a morass of federal reviews and…
By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE This past January, Scott Lang was convinced that he should run for the U.S.…
By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE The Massachusetts Legislature voted overwhelmingly in favor of amending the state constitution to raise income…
By Matt Murphy State House News Service The wealth tax on income over $1 million received just one vote from a Republican…
By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE With tax collections pouring in but Democrats still on the hunt for new revenue, the…
By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE After U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren called for the resignation of U.S. Attorney General…
By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Governor Charlie Baker on Monday defended U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling's decision to…
By Chris Lisinski State House News Service Expanding road tolls across Massachusetts and to the state's borders could be a…
By Chris Lisinski STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Democratic leaders in both branches are now saying it's unlikely the Massachusetts Legislature…
By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE With the Massachusetts Senate slowly gearing up for a long-term exploration of the state…
By Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Requiring all private firearm sales in Massachusetts to take place in a federally licensed gun…
By Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Students, educators and others who say the cost of a college education has ballooned out…