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Massachusetts

Amendment restricting eminent domain takings advances at ConCon

STATE HOUSE — Land takings that would serve to benefit only private development would be restricted in Massachusetts under a proposed change to the state constitution advanced Wednesday with no debate. North Reading Republican Minority Leader Brad Jones said the proposal is a response to the 2005 Kelo v. New London

Massachusetts

‘Millionaire tax’ vote put off to at least May

BOSTON — A vote on a surtax aimed at people who earn $1 million or more won't occur until May 18 at the earliest, after Beacon Hill lawmakers recessed a Constitutional Convention without taking up the measure Wednesday. The tax increase, in the form of a ballot proposal to

GOP

Constitutional convention sparking buzz, but odds still long

Written by Will Weissert AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — With Republicans controlling more than half the state legislatures across the country, some want to use that power to push for a federal spending limit through a mechanism unused since George Washington's day.