BOSTON – More than three quarters of Boston residents polled said they would support a surtax on incomes of $1 million or more, assuming the revenue would be used to increase spending on transportation and education, according to survey results released Monday. But critics have pointed out that revenue raise by taxing income can't be channeled into present spending categories.
The survey by WBUR-FM showed that 72 percent of respondents in Boston, Brookline, Cambridge and Somerville support the tax increase, compared with 24 percent who oppose it and 5 percent who were unsure or declined to answer. The survey involved 502 registered voters in the four communities earlier this month.
NEW YORK (AP) — New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady must serve a four-game "Deflategate" suspension imposed by the National Football League, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, overturning a lower-court judge and siding with the league in a battle with the players' union.
A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a split decision that may end the legal debate over the scandal that led to months of football fans arguing over air pressure and the reputation of one of the league's top teams and its star leader. The court said that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell did not deprive Brady of "fundamental fairness" with his procedural rulings.
