Lawsuit seeks to put business owners and labor unions on equal campaign finance footing

Lawsuit seeks to put business owners and labor unions on equal campaign finance footing

BOSTON – The era of Big Labor dominance in Massachusetts politics may soon be over.

Earlier this month, Suffolk County Superior Court Judge Linda Giles heard arguments in a lawsuit that challenges the privileged place of unions under current Massachusetts campaign finance law. Current law allows unincorporated groups, such as labor unions, to contribute up to $15,000 to candidates, parties and political committees, but bans campaign contributions by incorporated businesses.

Blue state gone purple: Is Massachusetts liberalism in decline?
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Blue state gone purple: Is Massachusetts liberalism in decline?

James P. Freeman

Like Danny Zuko in "Grease," progressives in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have got chills and they're multiplyin'.

Modern progressivism — the political movement that relies on Big Labor and Big Government to solve every problem — has, of course, dominated Massachusetts politics for decades.

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