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High Court Decision on Millionaires’ Surtax Ballot Question Nearing

High Court Decision on Millionaires’ Surtax Ballot Question Nearing

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State House News Service Negotiators trying to assemble a "grand bargain" to settle sales tax reduction, paid family, and medical leave benefits, and a minimum wage increase appear on the verge of receiving a piece of information that's potentially critical to their talks.  The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court appears to be taking its full allotment of time to render a decision on whether a citizen-backed constitutional amendment imposing a 4 percent surtax on household income above $1 bill

State House News Service Negotiators trying to assemble a "grand bargain" to settle sales tax reduction, paid family, and medical leave benefits, and a minimum wage increase appear on the verge of receiving a piece of information that's potentially critical to their talks.  The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court appears to be taking its full allotment of time to render a decision on whether a citizen-backed constitutional amendment imposing a 4 percent surtax on household income above $1 bill…