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‘Millionaire’s tax’ wins key vote on Beacon Hill
BOSTON – It wasn't a question of "if" but rather "how" lawmakers on Beacon Hill would advance…
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Poll shows support for adding charters, rejecting legal pot
BOSTON – Among potential ballot measures that may go before voters in November, raising the cap on charter schools won the most support…
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Sales tax roll-back proposal runs into Democratic wall
BOSTON – Saying state spending has risen 50 percent since 2006, state Rep. James Lyons appealed to his colleagues in the House of…
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House rejects film credit cap, gas tax increase
BOSTON – The Massachusetts House of Representatives on Monday shot down proposals to increase the state gas tax and to cap the state&…
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Gas tax option for Mass. towns explored on Beacon Hill
BOSTON – In a brief public hearing lacking of any counter-arguments, members of the Legislature's Joint Revenue Committee listened Tuesday to…