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Some Democrats on Beacon Hill Taking Aim At Proposition 2 1/2
By Colin Young State House News Service The chief goal of the conference committee examining a proposed education bill on Beacon Hill…
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Governor Baker Against ‘Big Increase’ in Gas Tax As Part of Massachusetts Transportation Bill
By Matt Murphy State House News Service With House Speaker Robert DeLeo eyeing a vote in the coming weeks on new transportation…
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New Paid-Leave Tax Drops Massachusetts in Business Climate Assessment
By Michael P. Norton State House News Service Massachusetts slipped to 36th among states in a business tax climate index released this…
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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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Time To ‘Radically Increase’ Electric Cars in Massachusetts, Senate Climate Change Committee Member Says
Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Kathleen Theoharides told a Senate oversight committee Monday it could expect the early framework for a…
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Lower Or Abolish Death Taxes on Estates in Massachusetts, Some Legislators Say
By Chris Lisinski STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE A long-running debate over the state's estate tax revived on Beacon Hill…
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State Workers Union: Don’t Tax Our Members for New Paid Family and Medical Leave Program
By Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Unsatisfied with the progress or lack thereof at the bargaining table, the state'…
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Governor Baker Offers Modest Tax Cuts With Revenue Surplus
By Michael P. Norton and Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, who has been open to raising taxes,…
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As Joe Kennedy III Fidgets on Decision, Ed Markey Announces More Endorsements
By Chris Lisinski STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE NEWTON — U.S. Representative Joe Kennedy III continues his now-public debate over whether to…
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Vineyard Wind Goes Double Or Nothing With Second Ocean Turbines Proposal
By Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Even as its first planned project hangs in a morass of federal reviews and…
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Democratic Pols Seeing Ed Markey Vulnerable From Right and Left
By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE This past January, Scott Lang was convinced that he should run for the U.S.…
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Millionaires’ Tax Gets A-O.K. From Massachusetts State Legislators, 147-
By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE The Massachusetts Legislature voted overwhelmingly in favor of amending the state constitution to raise income…
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Charlie Baker Maintains Omerta on Millionaires’ Tax
By Matt Murphy State House News Service The wealth tax on income over $1 million received just one vote from a Republican…
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Beacon Hill Legislators Eager for New Taxes, But Industry Officials Predict Doom
By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE With tax collections pouring in but Democrats still on the hunt for new revenue, the…
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President Donald Trump To Elizabeth Warren: Resign
By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE After U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren called for the resignation of U.S. Attorney General…
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Charlie Baker Defends Andrew Lelling Over Judge Indictment
By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Governor Charlie Baker on Monday defended U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling's decision to…
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More Toll Roads, Says Massachusetts Senate President
By Chris Lisinski State House News Service Expanding road tolls across Massachusetts and to the state's borders could be a…
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Massachusetts Democrats Keen on Major Tax Increases, But Maybe Not This Year
By Chris Lisinski STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Democratic leaders in both branches are now saying it's unlikely the Massachusetts Legislature…
