Supporters of a 4 percent state surtax on million-dollar-plus incomes can expect a largely receptive audience when they appear before a legislative committee Thursday to stump for an amendment to the Massachusetts Constitution to establish it.
Beacon Hill leaders had their eyes on the extra revenue before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court last July invalidated a ballot question slated for the November 2018 general election because it tied the tax to specific types of appropriations (education and transportation), in violation of the state constitution's standards for a citizens' petition statewide referendum.
Epping High School freshman Ciretta MacKenzie, 14, wore her Trump t-shirt because her school was celebrating America Day. But because it was a Trump shirt, she was called to the principal's office and was told the shirt had to be replaced or covered.
The Union Leader (UL) reports that Ciretta was told by her school principal, Brian Ernest, that "he didn't want to make anyone feel uncomfortable in school" and that the school did not intend America Day to be "political."
