Massachusetts Republicans Can Collect Signatures On Born-Alive Ballot Question — For Now

Massachusetts Republicans Can Collect Signatures On Born-Alive Ballot Question — For Now

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court says that the Massachusetts Newborn Protection Coalition can collect signatures for the time being in a push to get their born-alive protection question onto the November 2022 ballot.

The state's highest court granted a preliminary injunction late Thursday afternoon, allowing the process to continue while the court considers the appeal.

Sonia Chang-Diaz Wants To Tax Endowments of Rich Private Universities To Fund Free Public College
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Sonia Chang-Diaz Wants To Tax Endowments of Rich Private Universities To Fund Free Public College

Tom Joyce

Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate and state Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz (D-Jamaica Plain) wants free public college — and she offered a way that she thinks will pay for most of it.

She says that the proposal would cost $2 billion per year. Her plan to fund most of it is a 2.5 percent tax on college endowments exceeding $1 billion, according to Boston.com.

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