Pacheco law

MBTA

Governor favors scrapping biz tax to pay for EITC expansion

By Andy Metzger and Michael Norton STATE HOUSE, BOSTON-Hours after lawmakers unveiled an overdue state budget compromise, Gov. Charlie Baker on Wednesday morning endorsed the Legislature's approach to jettison a corporate tax break so that low-income workers could receive larger tax credits.

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.