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MassHealth

Tax changes, MBTA Control Board featured in budget accord

Written by Andy Metzger The annual state budget compromise agreed to Tuesday by a six-member conference committee would eliminate a corporate tax break that has been suspended every year since its inception to pay for increased tax credits to low-income workers.

Governor Charlie Baker

State budget deal ‘close;’ House leaders say no vote yet

By Michael P. Norton The new fiscal year dawned Wednesday morning without a new state budget in place and it appears an accord won't be ratified before the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Charlie Baker

Baker takes leadership role for Repub Govs

Written by Matt Murphy In Colorado for Republican Governors Association meetings, Gov. Charlie Baker became one of three governors appointed to serve on the group's executive committee to replace New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who all resigned to focus

Governor Charlie Baker

Stats, expectations fueling decision on sales tax holiday

By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE-With just about three weeks until August and the anticipated summer recess, the clock is ticking on lawmakers to decide if and when shoppers will get a day- or weekend-long reprieve from the state's sales tax.

MBTA

DeLeo: MBTA reform bill, not in cards before summer recess

By Andy Metzger STATE HOUSE-House Speaker Robert DeLeo on Monday punted plans to take up MBTA reform legislation until sometime after the summer recess.

Beacon Hill

Bostonians remain skeptical of Olympic bid

By Andy Metzger An automated phone poll of Massachusetts voters by a Florida firm found support for the complete elimination of the Pacheco law, which both branches of the Legislature suspended in part in the state budget delivered Wednesday to Gov. Charlie Baker.

Obamacare

Obamacare program forces money shift among Massachusetts insurers

By Michael P. Norton and Matt Murphy Health insurers say new payments they face in connection with the Affordable Care Act could drive up premiums on individuals and small businesses and punish companies that are focusing on more efficient health care operations.

Massachusetts state police

Ex-U.S. Secret Service official named Mass. Homeland Security advisor

By Michael P. Norton A veteran U.S. Secret Service official who was assigned to the presidential protective division and the agency's headquarters was named this week as the Baker administration's undersecretary for homeland security.